TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CARDIAC DISORDERS USING SELECTIVE SEROTONIN RE-UPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRI)

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for the treatment and / or prevention of cardiac disorders, such as those associated with thrombotic pathogenesis, such as myocardial infarction, in humans or animals by administering a single tonotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), such as paroxetine, fluoxetine, fluoxetine, to a human or animal in need thereof. or an effective non-toxic amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention further relates to the use of an SSRI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and / or prevention of cardiac disorders, such as those associated with the pathogenesis of atrombosis, such as myocardial infarction. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions thus prepared. SHE