14 DAY TRIAL // A team of researchers working with the University Hospital Jean Minjoz in Besançon, France now say that taking antidepressants before undergoing bypass surgery might ease the path to recovery.
By the looks of it, those who start receiving such treatment about 2-3 weeks before undergoing the procedure and stick to it for roughly 6 months after having been operated on bounce back from the surgery faster than those who do not.
As Newswise reports, bypass surgery patients who take antidepressants recover their mental health faster and experience less postoperative pain.
“Our results show that antidepressant therapy enables patients who were at least slightly depressed before surgery for coronary artery disease to feel better more quickly after surgery, without influencing the complication rate,” study leader Dr. Chocron said.
“Even slight depression before coronary surgery can delay a patient’s mental recovery and increase the feeling of pain after surgery,” he further argued.