Antidepressants significantly reduced mortality by 35 percent in patients with diabetes, revealed new study.
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The use of antidepressants is quite common with an increase in stress-related depression of the modern world. The tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline and imipramine are among the older drugs for the treatment of depression. Newer drugs like the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the atypical antidepressants like mianserin and mirtazapine result in lesser side effects. Test your knowledge on antidepressants by taking this quiz.
The use of antidepressants is quite common with an increase in stress-related depression of the modern world. The tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline and imipramine are among the older drugs for the treatment of depression. Newer drugs like the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the atypical antidepressants like mianserin and mirtazapine result in lesser side effects. Test your knowledge on antidepressants by taking this quiz.
‘Half to three-quarters of people with diabetes and depression go undiagnosed, despite therapy and medicine being very effective.’
"The incidence of major depressive disorder amongst individuals with diabetes is significantly greater than the general population," said the study's corresponding author, Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Professor, of Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University in Puzi, Taiwan. "Diabetes and depression each independently contribute to increasing total mortality." In this large population-based study, researchers used the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan to identify 53,412 patients diagnosed with diabetes and depression since 2000. The researchers followed this population until 2013 to see if antidepressants reduced the death rate. They found that antidepressants significantly reduced mortality by 35 percent.
"This data provides further rationale for the screening and treating of depression in persons who have diabetes," Chen said.
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