Recent data has revealed that overdoses involving antidepressants have been climbing each year from 1999 until 2022 in the US.
Antidepressants were an underlying cause of death in 5,863 overdoses that year – a number on par with heroin-involved overdoses, which killed 5,871 people in the same year. These represent a small but significant percentage of climbing overdose deaths – over 100,000 total in 2022, mostly from fentanyl.
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Antidepressants were an underlying cause of death in 5,863 overdoses that year – a number on par with heroin-involved overdoses, which killed 5,871 people in the same year. These represent a small but significant percentage of climbing overdose deaths – over 100,000 total in 2022, mostly from fentanyl.
Antidepressant-linked overdose deaths in US have climbed for two decades
Number of US deaths involving antidepressants (5,863) in a year on par with those involving heroin (5,871)
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