Study finds heart risk in anti-psychotic drugs

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 01/14/2009 - 16:13

NEW YORK (AP) -- Newer anti-psychotic drugs are no safer than older ones for the risk of suddenly dying from a heart problem, says a study that finds they roughly double that hazard.

The older drugs had already been linked to an increased chance of sudden cardiac death, in which the heart loses its normal rhythm and can't pump blood normally....

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