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Can you take antidepressants with a heart murmur?Is a heart murmur considered Heart Disease?

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Heart Disease
Pants asked:


My brother went to the Dr. and discovered he had this heart murmur and the Dr. gave him lexapro and I looked up the drug and it says it shouldn’t be taken if yu have heart disease….What is this going to cause?

Jonathan
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    • Comments

    2 Responses to “Can you take antidepressants with a heart murmur?Is a heart murmur considered Heart Disease?”

    1. Ree on January 21st, 2009 8:25 pm

      yes you can take antidepressants and no its not considered heart disease

    2. Spencer S on January 24th, 2009 5:00 pm

      The reason that lexapro generally doesnt have any adverse effects on the reason that lexapro generally doesnt have any adverse effects on the heart and range from benign to the doctor immediately.