Antidepressant Use Increases Risk of Hospital-Onset Clostridium Difficile Infection.
Written By : Aditi
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2023-10-19 04:30 GMT | Update On 2023-10-26 06:39 GMT
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The incidence and severity of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) have risen in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Limited evidence in the literature suggests a connection between CDI and antidepressant medication usage.
In his recent research, Antoine Boustany from Cleveland Clinic said, the use of mirtazapine, nortriptyline, or trazodone antidepressants increases the likelihood of contracting a CDI. The prevalence rate of this infection in patients who were using antidepressant medications and the ones who did not, increase with age
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