Rob: There is not much known about depression and the occurrence of hypertension –see the link <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15962086>. Can you be a little more specific? A lot depends on what sort of antidepressant you are talking about. I doubt if there are antidepressants used today that cause hypertension as a side effect on their own. However, some may well present a risk of drug interactions leading to hypertension. For instance, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) given alone may rarely be linked to hypertension (the risk is less than 1%<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8399806>). Severe hypertension is more likely to occur when MAOIs are combined with other drugs that have a similar mechanism of action (i.e. sympathomimetic drugs), or when amine-containing food (e.g. cheese) is eaten. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9303278> Be guided by your physician, and read the antidepressants’ package inserts. Hope this helps.
There is not much known about depression and the occurrence of hypertension –see the link <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15962086>. Can you be a little more specific? A lot depends on what sort of antidepressant you are talking about. I doubt if there are antidepressants used today that cause hypertension as a side effect on their own. However, some may well present a risk of drug interactions leading to hypertension. For instance, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) given alone may rarely be linked to hypertension (the risk is less than 1%<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8399806>). Severe hypertension is more likely to occur when MAOIs are combined with other drugs that have a similar mechanism of action (i.e. sympathomimetic drugs), or when amine-containing food (e.g. cheese) is eaten. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9303278> Be guided by your physician, and read the antidepressants’ package inserts. Hope this helps.
If you only knew.