Antidepressant drug prescribing and risk of abnormal bleeding: a case-control study

• In: Pharmacoepidemiology/Pharmacoeconomics - Posters
• At: Istanbul (Turkey) (2009)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PP-P-018
• By: ANDRETTA, Margherita (Department of Pharmacy, Azienda ULSS 20 Verona, Verona, Italy)
• Co-author(s): Pilati, Paola (Department of Pharmacy, Azienda ULSS 20 Verona, VERONA, Italy)
  Rossi, Elisa (CINECA interuniversity Consortium, BOLOGNA, Italy)
  Barbui, Corrado (Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, VERONA, Italy)
  De Vitis, Giuseppe (CINECA interuniversity Consortium, BOLOGNA, Italy)
  Berti, Alessandra (CINECA interuniversity Consortium, BOLOGNA, Italy)
  De Rosa, Marisa (CINECA interuniversity Consortium, BOLOGNA, Italy)
  Mezzalira, Luigi (Department of Pharmacy, Azienda ULSS 20 Verona, VERONA, Italy)
  
• Abstract:

  Background information: Many studies published within the last ten years suggest that antidepressant use may predispose patients to bleeding abnormalities, particularly gastrointestinal bleeding. Nevertheless these studies reported contrasting results which are likely to be due to the methological differences. In order to evaluate the risk of..

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