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• Antidepressants and painkillers - dangerous combination

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Health, Antidepressants, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Painkillers

  Taking antidepressants together with painkillers can substantially increase the risk of bleeding from the stomach, according to new research by the University of East Anglia.

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• Antidepressants double risk of gastrointestinal bleeding

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Health, Antidepressants, Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  New research shows that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a group of drugs commonly used to treat depression, may double the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.

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• A strange case of upper obstructive syndrome

  Published: February 23, 2008, 1:13 pm

  Tags: Health, Dyspepsia, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Vomiting

  sign of ADF is upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGI). A 59-year-old male patient, who underwent an aortic-bi-femoral bypass five years ago, was admitted to the Emergency Room after five days of persistent occlusive syndrome with dyspepsia and biliary

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