COVID patients on antidepressants less likely to die: Study

Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): The findings of a study of health records from 87 health care centres across the United States have shown that people taking a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were less likely to die due to COVID-19.

The findings of the study were published in the journal 'JAMA Network Open'.

The results add to a body of evidence indicating that SSRIs may