Accident risk doubled by SSRI use: study
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Chris Brooker
3 May 2011
The use of psychotropic medications, especially SSRIs, significantly increases the risk of having a traffic accident, a large study has confirmed.
Findings from a Dutch study of 3963 users of psychotropic medications showed that, when compared to controls, users of anxiolytics had a 54 per cent greater risk of an accident, while SSRI users had more than twice the risk of such an accident.
Other classes, including other antidepressants, and sedatives had a lesser, but still significant risk. Hypnotics were associated with .... Please login to read full article.
Chris Brooker
3 May 2011
The use of psychotropic medications, especially SSRIs, significantly increases the risk of having a traffic accident, a large study has confirmed.
Findings from a Dutch study of 3963 users of psychotropic medications showed that, when compared to controls, users of anxiolytics had a 54 per cent greater risk of an accident, while SSRI users had more than twice the risk of such an accident.
Other classes, including other antidepressants, and sedatives had a lesser, but still significant risk. Hypnotics were associated with .... Please login to read full article.
Labels: accident, antidepressant, psychotopic medications, sedatives, ssri, study
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