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Ascending aneurysm and antidepressant medication

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Ana62
Ana62

Hello, is there anybody using antidepressant medication?

im suffering from muscular pain due to fibromyalgia as well as anxiety and stress. I've been to a GP who wanted to prescribe cipralex but she insist that one of the side effects of cipralex is possible blood clots so she told that I have to take this into consideration. I do not want to take any risk though as I have an ascending aneurysm of 4cm😳Please share your experience, 

?thank you

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  • timothy40679
    timothy40679 Ana62

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    Cipralex (lexapro in the US; generic name escitalopram) is one of many anti-depressants in the class SSRI. A side effect associated with this class of drugs is a decrease in blood platelet stickiness. This can result in easier bleeding. My understanding is that It does not increase risk of clotting; in fact, it could reduce the risk of clotting somewhat.

    Your GP is, I think, mistaken or misinformed. Talk to a psychiatrist about anti-depressants; they're the experts.

    • Ana62
      Ana62 timothy40679

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply Timothy, so sorry for the late reaction, somehow I've just missed your message, thanks again

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