Mirtazapine Prevents Post-Stroke Depression
‘Treatment with the antidepressant mirtazapine, started on the first day after an acute stroke, is “remarkably effective” in preventing the onset of depression, results of a German trial suggest.
Depression often complicates recovery after a stroke, Dr. Isabella Heuser and colleagues note in their report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Although there have been studies of preventative antidepressant treatment after stroke, results have been mixed, and none looked at beginning antidepressants immediately after the stroke.’
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