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What are a few safe medications for severe anxiety for someone with a significant cardiac history?

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Dr. Jackie Lam answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

SSRI: The typical treatment for anxiety is not contraindicated for patients with cardiac diseases - short-term benzodiazepines (diazepam, clonazepam, etc.) or ssri/snri, or wellbutrin (bupropion) can all be good choices.

Answered 1/9/2015

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Anxiety: Current treatment of anxiety disordeds is safe for patients wit history of hear disease, including ssri's , snri's and benzodiazepines.

Answered 12/9/2012

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Anxiety: Difficult to give advice when not knowing what heart condition u have or what heart medications u are taking. Review with your doc.

Answered 12/9/2012

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