SSRI and heart attacks

Last paragraph reads:  “The painkiller hydrocodone and the antidepressant Citalopram [Celexa] were also found in the star’s bloodstream but not in lethal amounts.”

SSRI Stories note:  The adverse reaction list from the Physicians Desk Reference for Prozac [the sister drug of Celexa] reads:  “Cardiovascular System —Frequent: hemorrhage, hypertension: Infrequent: angina pectoris, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, hypotension, migraine, myocardial infarct, postural hypotension, syncope, tachycardia, vascular headache: Rare: atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, cerebral embolism, cerebral ischemia, cerebrovascular accident, extrasystoles, heart

arrest, heart block, pallor, peripheral vascular disorder, phlebitis, shock, thrombophlebitis, thrombosis, vasospasm, ventricular arrhythmia, ventricular extrasystoles, ventricular fibrillation.”

Cele http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/chambers%20died%20of%20heart%20disease_1103777

An autopsy has confirmed porn star MARILYN CHAMBERS died after suffering complications related to heart disease.
The Behind The Green Door star was found dead at the age of 56 in her California home on 12 April (09).
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office ruled the actress died of natural causes but preliminary testing failed to find the exact cause.
Subsequent toxicology tests have determined Chambers fell victim to a cerebral hemorrhage and aneurysm related to heart disease.
The painkiller hydrocodone and the antidepressant Citalopram were also found in the star’s bloodstream but not in lethal amounts.

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