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 America: Land of  Doggy Doping 

The business of pet pharmacology is booming

New York Times New York Times Jul 10, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans spent $49 billion on their pets last year, with an ever-growing percentage paying for treatment of  behavioral issues with tailor-made psychotropics, reports James Vlahos in the New York Times Magazine . Frustrated owners are feeding dogs drugs like Reconcile—beef-flavored Prozac—-for "mental illnesses that eerily resemble human ones," from separation anxiety to compusive disorder. There are even doggy diet pills. More »

 Combat Troops Turn to Prozac 

Anti-depressants keep soldiers in the field

Time Time Jun 6, 08 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A growing number of American troops serving abroad are taking Prozac and other antidepressants, Time reports. A survey last year found 12% of troops in Iraq are using the drugs, with 17% relying on them in Afghanistan. The drugs help the military keep stressed combat troops in the field—but the use of the "quick-fix" for mental health is causing concern. More »

More about:  US military • depression • PTSD • antidepressant • Prozac • SSRIs

Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

Prozac and others make a difference only  in most extreme cases

Independent (UK) Independent (UK) Feb 26, 08 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - 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 »

Pooch Prozac
Is Just the Start

New focus on depression and anxiety in pets, from dogs all the way down to fish

Times (UK) Times (UK) Oct 6, 07 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 »

More about:  dog • Eli Lilly • Prozac

Antidepressant Warning Preceded Youth Suicide Surge

Unintended effect unfolded as use fell

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 6, 07 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four years after the FDA and other agencies sparked a drop in antidepressant use by labeling the meds a suicide risk for young people, a new study shows the results were exactly the opposite of what regulators intended. From 2003 to 2004, the suicide rate among people under 19 rose 14%, an unprecedented spike, the Washington Post reports. More »

More about:  children • FDA • suicide • depression • antidepressant • youth • suicide rate • Prozac • Paxil • Zoloft

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