Cardiologic side effects of psychotropic drugs

Cardiologic side effects of psychotropic drugs

Psychotropic drugs can produce cardiovascular side effects associated with a degree of cardiotoxicity. The coexistence of a heart disease complicates the management of mental illness, can contribute to a reduced quality of life and a worse illness course. The co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders in cardiac patients might affect the clinical outcome and morbidity. Moreover, the complex underly...

Cardiac effects of psychotropic drugs.

INTRODUCTION The incidence of mortality is higher among psychiatric patients than among the general population and the cause of which may be the psychiatric disorder itself or other related factors like life-style and medications. Sudden death has been associated with certain psychotropic drugs and the underlying cause(s) have been suggested to be some adverse cardiac complications. We reviewed...

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Side Effects of Drugs

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