British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2011-Sep
The effect of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on the risk of myocardial infarction in a cohort of patients with depression.
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OBJECTIVE
To evaluate whether selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) exposure influences the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with depression.
METHODS
This study included 693 patients with MI (cases) and 2772 controls. Conditional logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio (OR).
RESULTS
SSRI exposure may be associated with a reduced MI risk (OR = 0.77, 95% CI 0.57, 1.03). However, reduced risk was only observed with longer term use (OR = 0.73, 95% CI 0.53, 1.00) and not with shorter term use (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 0.65, 2.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Only longer term use of SSRIs was associated with reduced MI risk, suggesting that other mechanisms, besides an acute anti-platelet effect, may reduce MI risk.
