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		consp on Jan 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimul... Until there is a multi-decade study on the long term effects of this in combination with a stressful job with long hours I would advice to be cautionary. I would really like to know the heart attack rate in those people over 40 compared to non-users.

cassowary37 on Jan 5, 2019 [–]

There's high-quality evidence that SSRIs can be cardioprotective, at least in high-risk individuals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30043065

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