Certain types of antidepressants might be better than others for treating PTSD because they carry a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study.
The research, published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, looked at data from 1.1 million U.S. veterans. It’s the largest-ever investigation of post-traumatic stress disorder and antidepressant-associated stroke risk in young adults, according to the study authors.
Past research shows young adults with PTSD may be more likely to have a major stroke or a transient ischemic attack, called a TIA, by middle age. Even though strokes are often considered an older person’s disease, for adults younger than 45, nearly half of all strokes are hemorrhagic, which occur when a weakened blood vessel ruptures and bleeds into the brain.
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