Among post-stroke patients taking, whether depressed or not, fluoxetine or nortriptyline for 12 weeks in the first 6 months after stroke, long-term mortality is significantly lower than among patients not treated with antidepressants or treated for less time.
a 9-year randomised, double-blind study of 104 post-stroke patients using nortriptyline, fluoxetine or placebo
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