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Diving and antidepressants.
- Source :
- Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society; Dec2017, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p253-256, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Psychoactive drugs pose a risk to both the diver and his or her buddy. Little is known about the safety of diving with antidepressants. Amongst the potential interactions with the diving environment are: somnolence; convulsions; a bleeding tendency (potentially worsening decompression illness, DCI), alterations to glucose metabolism and psychiatric side effects. Fluoxetine may potentially reduce the inflammatory process associated with DCI. This article presents guidelines for recreational diving in combination with antidepressants. These guidelines were endorsed at a meeting of the Dutch Association for Diving Medicine in 2015 and are solely based on 'expert' opinion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANTIDEPRESSANTS
PSYCHIATRIC drugs
DROWSINESS
GLUCOSE metabolism
SUBMARINE medicine
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18333516
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160753591
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm47.4.253-256