Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Certain Antidepressants Linked to Falls in Nursing Homes

From Health Day:

In the days after they start taking non-SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants, such as bupropion or venlafaxine, there is a new study suggesting that nursing home residents are at significantly greater risk for falls.

In conducting the study, recently published online in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, researchers examined information on 1,181 nursing home residents who had fallen. Specifically, they compared changes in their antidepressant medication one week and two weeks before the fall.

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/certain-antidepressants-linked-falls-nursing-homes-181207928.html