Antidepressants and bleeding: When and what to ask

Serotonergic antidepressants can be associated with an increased tendency to bleed. Thankfully, this is not clinically important in the great majority of patients. But, if a person has certain risk factor(s), the risk of bleeding can increase by more than 10 times. When should we ask patients who are on a serotonergic antidepressant additional questions?…