People on Anti Depressants have less heart attacks!
A new study (I saw it mentioned in "SELF MAGAZINE"), I believe at one of
the universities has found that people on anti depressants had a significantly
lower percentage of heart attacks than those not on anti depressants. The
study was financed by the manufacturer of Zoloft, using their product but I
think the only reasonable explanation would be that the benefits of the
reduction of stress which happens with an antidepressant far outweighs any
side effects of the drug. If this is so, this result would be seen in other
anti depressant drugs and also anti anxiety drugs.
Although this is the first study of its kind, they have found in other
research that those who drink one glass of an alcoholic beverage each day have
a lower rate of heart attack as well. Alcohol is destructive to the liver
(much more destructive than any medication you might take) but evidentally,
again, the reduction of stress outweighs all risks of the alcohol.
Stress is one of the primary risks of heart attack. It's also one of the least
mentioned like, "oh, by the way, reduce your stress". That's because no one
has figured out how to make lots of bucks out of it. :)