Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
Author(s) -
Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton,
Christoffer Johansen,
Lene Mellemkjær,
Henrik Toft Sørensen,
Bente Mertz Nørgård,
Jørgen H. Olsen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.163.1.59
Subject(s) - upper gastrointestinal bleeding , medicine , confidence interval , aspirin , antidepressant , relative risk , serotonin reuptake inhibitor , reuptake inhibitor , population , medical prescription , serotonin , anesthesia , pharmacology , endoscopy , environmental health , hippocampus , receptor
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been suspected of increasing the risk of bleeding. We examined the risk of upper gastrointestinal tract (GI) bleeding with use of antidepressant medication.
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