Citalopram and QT prolongation

Medicines and QT Prolongation

Towards limiting QT interval prolongation and arrhythmia risk in citalopram use.

Citalopram is a serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) widely used in the treatment of major depression and sometimes also anxiety-associated conditions, obsessive compulsive disorder and behavior disturbances associated with dementia [1, 2]. Citalopram is relatively well tolerated and has been considered to have comparatively low potential for drug–drug interactions and anti-adrenergic ...

Antipsychotic Medication and QT Prolongation

The QT interval represents ventricular depolarisation and repolarisation. Prolongation of this interval can lead to life-threatening complications. These can include arrhythmias such as Torsades de Pointes and Ventricular Fibrillation, which may ultimately lead to death. Many risk factors have been identified in prolonging the QT interval, one of which is medication commonly used in the treatme...

Drug induced QT prolongation.

The drug-induced QT prolongation predisposes to development of torsades de pointes (TdP) ventricular tachycardia and sudden death. The association between specific drug and development of TdP is difficult to document, therefore, QT prolongation is considered as a surrogate marker of the proarrhythmia risk. Most of the drugs prolong QT interval usually by blocking the potassium IKr current or al...

QT prolongation due to roxithromycin.

Roxithromycin and other macrolide antimicrobials are widely used for a broad variety of infections such as upper respiratory tract infection and community acquired pneumonia. Prolongation of the QT interval, torsade de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, and sudden death are well described but little known adverse reactions common to all macrolides. We report the case of a 72 year old ...