A study by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge finds that critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking commonly prescribed antidepressants before being admitted to the intensive care unit.
Specifically, the research examined the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
According to a report on the study ...
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