Objective: Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of fluoxetine on morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) in patients with ischemic stroke.
Methods: A total of 30 patients with acute ischemic stroke, 15 in the control group and 15 in the treatment group, were enrolled. Two patients in the control group and one in the treatment group were lost during follow-up. The patients in the treatment group were treated with fluoxetine (20 mg per day for 3 months) based on the treatments in the control group. Baseline characteristics, Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) items scale score, mean blood pressure and MBPS were evaluated before and after treatment, and the correlation between the improvements of PHQ-9 scale score and MBPS was also analyzed.
Results: The mean SBP and the systolic and diastolic MBPS in the treatment group were significantly lower than that in the control group after 3 months of treatment (P = 0.024, P = 0.022, P = 0.001, respectively). Besides, the improvement of PHQ-9 scale score was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P = 0.049). There was no significant correlation between the improvement of systolic or diastolic MBPS and the improvement of PHQ-9 scale score in the treatment group (P = 0.289 and P = 0.206, respectively).
Conclusion: Fluoxetine might improve MBPS in patients with ischemic stroke.
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