Posted by larry hoover on August 3, 2013, at 22:37:07
In reply to ssri's/heart rythyms, posted by joef on August 2, 2013, at 23:00:42
> does anyone know which ssri's/ssnri's do not affect the heart rythym....believe there was a recent article citing celexa and Lexapro-don't know specifics...particulary interested to know about ..Prozac, Zoloft,paxil and the new viibryd.....this subject is really never mentioned
I just checked pubmed, and among the SSRIs, the QT interval prolongation is associated strongly with citalopram (Celexa), and to a lesser extent the S-enantiomer escitalopram (Lexapro). No other SSRI was associated with that effect in a fairly large cross-sectional Japanese study. Tricyclics can cause rhythm problems, too.
Lar
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