Study: Mixing antidepressants and painkillers may be tied to elevated risk of bleeding
Researchers writing in BMJ say the results of their study are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution. The population-based study, published in the BMJ, found that mixing antidepressants with common painkillers appears to be linked to a higher risk of intracranial bleeding — which occurs in the skull — shortly after starting the treatment. The researchers emphasized that their finding doesn't necessarily mean that this drug combination causes the bleeding, but that it's a possibility.
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