{"id":60336,"date":"2025-06-15T14:20:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60336"},"modified":"2025-06-15T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:20:51","slug":"antidepressant-use-associated-with-higher-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60336","title":{"rendered":"Antidepressant Use Associated with Higher Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cured_Or_Cursed.jpg\" alt=\"Cured Or Cursed\" width=\"919\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cured_Or_Cursed.jpg 919w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cured_Or_Cursed-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cured_Or_Cursed-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Long-term antidepressant use significantly increases the risk of sudden cardiac death, with risk doubling after six or more years of use according to Danish research<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Younger adults face an even higher risk, with those aged 30 to 39 showing five times greater likelihood of sudden cardiac death after six years on antidepressants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Antidepressants disrupt heart rhythm by affecting ion channels, triggering fatal irregular heartbeat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Effective alternatives for managing depression include exercise, sunlight exposure, gut health optimization and techniques for nervous system regulation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/05\/31\/antidepressant-use-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-death.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/05\/31\/antidepressant-use-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-death.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-term antidepressant use significantly increases the risk of sudden cardiac death, with risk doubling after six or more years of use according to Danish research Younger adults face an even higher risk, with those aged 30 to 39 showing five times greater likelihood of sudden cardiac death after six years on antidepressants Antidepressants disrupt heart &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60336\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Antidepressant Use Associated with Higher Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60338,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60336\/revisions\/60338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}