Citalopram EKG monitoring is recommended due to QT changes. Which statement best reflects its profile?

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Citalopram EKG monitoring is recommended due to QT changes. Which statement best reflects its profile?

Citalopram can prolong the QT interval, so ECG monitoring is recommended to detect this risk and prevent potentially dangerous arrhythmias like torsades de pointes, especially at higher doses or with factors that worsen QT prolongation (electrolyte disturbances, other QT-prolonging drugs, older age). This reflects its safety profile: the drug is an SSRI, not an antihistamine, benzodiazepine, or MAOI, and the QT risk is the key reason for cardiac monitoring.

Citalopram can prolong the QT interval, so ECG monitoring is recommended to detect this risk and prevent potentially dangerous arrhythmias like torsades de pointes, especially at higher doses or with factors that worsen QT prolongation (electrolyte disturbances, other QT-prolonging drugs, older age). This reflects its safety profile: the drug is an SSRI, not an antihistamine, benzodiazepine, or MAOI, and the QT risk is the key reason for cardiac monitoring.

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