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NEWS ABOUT: Prozac

Prozac stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - The number of Americans on antidepressants doubled from 1996 to 2005, a new study finds, but fewer are seeing psychiatrists, and most aren’t using the drugs to affect their mood. As of 2005, the last year for which data were available, 27 million Americans—roughly 10% of the population—... More »

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depression • advertising • antidepressant • Prozac • pharmaceutical industry • scientific study • health study

(Newser) - A growing grassroots movement called Mad Pride is urging Americans to reconsider mental illness as a "dangerous gift" rather than a disease, Newsweek reports. Spearheaded by the 8,000-member-strong Icarus Project, based in Manhattan, Mad Priders are "pro-choice" about meds—take them if you want—and... More »

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mental illness • insanity • Prozac • medication

Beware: Antidepressants Could Kill Your Sex Life

New studies show surprising libido effects in antidepressants

Dec 15, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - An impaired sex drive has long been recognized as an occasional side effect of some antidepressants, but recent research suggests the drugs' libido-stifling powers might be far more widespread than doctors and patients thought. The prevalence of users experiencing numbness or fleeting arousal may be as high as 50%, and... More »

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antidepressant • Prozac • Paxil • side effects • SSRIs • sexual dysfunction

GLOSSIES

 America: Land of  Doggy Doping 

The business of pet pharmacology is booming

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,... More »

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pets • New York Times • pharmaceutical companies • veterinarian • Prozac • pharmaceutical industry • medicating pets

 Combat Troops Turn to Prozac 

Anti-depressants keep soldiers in the field

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... More »

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depression • antidepressant • US military • Prozac • PTSD • SSRIs

Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

Prozac and others make a difference only  in most extreme cases

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... More »

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

Pooch Prozac
Is Just the Start

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

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... More »

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Eli Lilly • Prozac • dog

Antidepressant Warning Preceded Youth Suicide Surge

Unintended effect unfolded as use fell

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... More »

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suicide • FDA • depression • antidepressant • children • youth • Prozac • Paxil • Zoloft • suicide rate

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