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  • July 2008
    • America: Land of Doggy Doping

      America: Land of Doggy Doping

      (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 »

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

  • February 2008
    • Polly Want a Prozac?

      Polly Want a Prozac?

      (Newser) - 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

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