Uso de antidepressivos em pacientes deprimidos hipertensos: revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Depression and Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) are predominant diseases across the world, especially in Brazil. Beyond that, patients with cardiovascular disease have a greater incidence of depression in comparison to the rest of the population, hence, worsening the patient’s prognosis. Nonetheless, the association between the diseases have a direct link to the struggle when it comes to control and treat the sickness, with frequent cardiac events, therefore with the increase in mortality. This article is a literature review which has the purpose of identifying the epidemiologic interaction between depression and SAH, along with the treatments currently used for both the diseases recognizing potential drug interactions between antidepressants and antihypertensives agents. In addition, placing the effects that antidepressants can cause in hypertensive patients with the purpose of identifying wich drugs are most suitable in these occasions, aiming for the best treatment for both diseases and to avoid iatrogenic complications.