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  • February 2008

    • Polly Want a Prozac?

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 26, 08 9:33 AM CST

      Polly Want a Prozac?

      With more pet owners working long days and leaving their furry and feathered friends alone at home, cases of animal depression are on the rise, writes the Daily Telegraph . A TV vet says the trend is hitting parrots especially hard, causing the talkative birds to pull out their feathers or peck at their own legs—until they're dosed with Prozac. More »

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      dog  • pets  • depression  • prescription drugs  • antidepressant  • Eli Lilly  • parrot  • medicating pets

    • Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Feb 26, 08 7:41 AM CST

      Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

      Big Pharma swallowed a bitter pill yesterday as Prozac and other antidepressants were found in a UK study to be largely ineffectual in all but the most extreme cases of depression. The meta-analysis of 47 clinical trials submitted to the FDA with licensing applications for six popular antidepressants concluded that they should be prescribed only when all other treatments fail to yield results, the Independent reports. More »

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      depression  • medical breakthrough  • prescription drugs  • antidepressant  • GlaxoSmithKline  • pharmaceutical industry  • therapy  • Wyeth  • Eli Lilly  • Prozac

  • January 2008

    • Eli Lilly Could Pay $1B Settlement

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 5:40 PM CST

      Eli Lilly Could Pay $1B Settlement

      Drug-maker Eli Lilly could pay more than $1 billion to state and federal authorities to settle an investigation into how the company marketed an antipsychotic drug, the New York Times reports. In 2000-03, Lilly pushed doctors to prescribe Zyprexa as a treatment for age-related dementia—though the drug is approved to treat only schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. More »

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      settlement  • Eli Lilly  • Zyprexa

    • FDA Mandates Suicide Risk Assessment in Drug Trials

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 24, 08 11:42 AM CST

      FDA Mandates Suicide Risk Assessment in Drug Trials

      The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug companies to monitor suicide warning signs in clinical trials for experimental drugs, the New York Times reports. In the wake of studies showing that antidepressants might increase the risk of self-harm in children and teens, the agency is showing an awareness that a surprising variety of drugs can have psychiatric effects. More »

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      FDA  • suicide  • antidepressant  • Merck  • clinical trials  • Eli Lilly  • experimental drugs  • anti obesity drugs  • Sanofi Aventis

  • December 2007
  • October 2007

    • Pooch Prozac Is Just the Start

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Oct 6, 07 8:13 AM CDT

      Pooch Prozac Is Just the Start

      With Eli Lilly rolling out a chewable, beef-flavored version of its anti-depressant Prozac for dogs whose ears are drooping, the London Times looks at the current thinking on depression and anxiety in pets. Vets say dogs, as pack animals, are prone to separation anxiety, when left alone, and depression, when either human or canine companions disappear. More »

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      dog  • Eli Lilly  • Prozac

  • September 2007

    • Schizophrenia Drug Offers New Hope

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 3, 07 3:58 AM CDT

      Schizophrenia Drug Offers New Hope

      The first human trial of a new medication to treat schizophrenia that works fundamentally differently from its predecessors has shown promising results, according to this month's Nature Medicine . The drug targets glutamate rather than dopamine, as do other drugs. Scientists have long known glutamate is involved in schizophrenia. More »

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      medicine  • schizophrenia  • antipsychotic drugs  • Eli Lilly  • dopamine

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