[I_miss_my_kitty]

I think those of you taking celexa should be aware of this.

http://news.yahoo.com/fda-warns-hear...143523379.html

Federal health regulators are warning doctors not to prescribe high doses of the antidepressant Celexa, because of the risk of fatal heart complications.

The Food and Drug Administration said in an online posting that the drug can interfere with the heart's electrical activity at doses above 40 milligrams.

The label for Celexa previously stated that some patients should receive 60 milligrams, but the FDA has eliminated that language. "Studies did not show a benefit in treatment of depression at doses higher than 40 mg per day," the FDA states.

The new label will emphasize that Celexa should not be used in patients with congestive heart failure and other conditions that affect the heart's pumping action.

Drugmaker Forest Laboratories sells Celexa in doses of 10, 20 and 40 milligrams

[Dani]

Wow that scares me a bit, I've been on 60mg of Celexa for over two years.

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Aw geeze - I've been on 60 mg of Celexa since 2007, and it's really working for me.

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[Perna]

If you've been on it for a long time, you probably aren't one of those who should be worried:

"Citalopram should not be used in patients with congenital long QT syndrome. Patients with congestive heart failure, bradyarrhythmias, or predisposition to hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia because of concomitant illness or drugs, are at higher risk of developing Torsade de Pointes, a rare type of ventricular tachycardia," the alert states.

From: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/748498