#antidepressant — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #antidepressant, aggregated by home.social.
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Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-Term Comparison
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/psilocybin-bests-ssri-major-depression-first-long-term-2024a1000h77
#ycombinator #major_depression #major_depressive_disorder #unipolar_depression #clinical_depression #MDD #depression #adverse_effects #side_effects #antidepressant #antidepressant_drug #selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor #SSRI_selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor #selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitors #patient_safety #Europe #European #hallucinogens #comparative_effectiveness -
Good news:
- the risk of #serotonin syndrome is low in hospitalized older adults treated with #linezolid (around 0.5%)
- antidepressants do not increase the risk of serotonin syndrome in these patientsSo, being on an #antidepressant should not be a contraindication to receiving linezolid and antidepressants do not need to be stopped when linezolid is prescribed.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799688