Mood Boosters Bad for Arteries

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This may be of interest to CLL/SLL patients who are also

cardiac patients and or who may be taking certain

antidepressants. Of interest to CLL patients since

" Seratonin, for example, resides primarily outside the brain

where it impacts platelet aggregation and vascular tone " .

As such this may be something to discuss with your

specialists, for patients who are affected by these issues.

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" NEW ORLEANS , Antidepressants may boost mood at the expense

of accelerated atherosclerosis for middleage men, according

to an observational study of more than 500 twins who had

served in the Vietnam War. "

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Beth