Lundbeck drug linked to fatal cardiac arrest
An extensive study of Danish patient who have died from cardiac arrest casts a shadow on one of the Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck’s blockbuster drugs.
A recent Danish study of people who have died from cardiac arrest implicates Lundbeck’s antidepressant Cipramil. The drug is based on the active substance citalopram, and the study concludes that the number of people who suffer cardiac arrests in the street, at work or in their homes is significantly higher amongst users of medicine based on this substance, than among users of other types of antidepressants.
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