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Doe also said during Scott's cross-examination that he had been in various mental-health facilities and was on the drug Prozac. Doe said he had a reputation for being dramatic, and was prone to exaggeration. (Santa Maria Times)
Braves have to find a way to lift this curse Jun 12, 2008
he spilled all his Prozac on the rug. His Jeffrey Dalmer autogrphed photo was chewed by the dog. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Food and depression Jun 12, 2008
Depression is assuming epidemic proportions and Prozac sales are booming ... Unlike Prozac and other anti-depressants that can cause sexual problems and other disturbing side effects, fish oils appear to cause nothing more serious than occasional indigestion ... In fact, anti-depressant drugs like Prozac also target serotonin production. (iAfrica.com)
Walgreens paying state $1.8 million Jun 12, 2008
The whistleblower s complaint in that action alleged that Walgreens filled prescriptions for numerous Medicaid recipients by aggressively switching dosage forms of ranitidine (the generic form of Zantac, a commonly prescribed anti-ulcer medication); fluoxetine (the generic form of Prozac, an anti-depressant); and selegiline (the generic form of Eldepryl, used in the treatment of Parkinson s disease and senile dementia), and that this conduct violated various federal and state statutes and... (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
West Linn couple sues driver who plowed into their family Jun 12, 2008
According to court documents, tests found Demerol, Propofol, Tramadol, Trazodone, Prozac and Benadryl in Haymore's system after the accident. Haymore, who is in drug treatment, voluntarily surrendered his state dental license. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Many Frontline Troops Turn To Meds To Cope Jun 11, 2008
Then, Martin observed, came Iraq and Afghanistan, with their multiple combat tours and demands for increasing numbers of troops -- and the Pentagon approved prescribing drugs such as Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil for soldiers who otherwise might have to be evacuated from the war zone. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become one of the signature wounds of this war," Martin pointed out. (CBS News)
Walgreens settles a federal lawsuit Jun 11, 2008
fluoxetine, the generic form of Prozac, an anti-depressant. selegiline, the generic form of Eldepryl, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and senile dementia. (Nogales International, AZ)
Texas Town Releases Name Of Drug Found In Water Jun 10, 2008
Cluck, a medical doctor, had directed local officials in 2006 to conduct tests after hearing that traces of Prozac had been found in water elsewhere in Texas. The tests are not required under federal or state regulations. (CBS News -- US)
Obama deserved page one Jun 8, 2008
wezley wrote on Jun 7, 2008 8:38 AM:" Tex?....I think you are right about the "bushed out" id. Mr. Murray!! You slick devil you!!! You know? We miss you when you don't blog Mr. Murray.!! Well , when we don't know it is you. Mr. Murray? I tell you what , prove that I have spread ONE lie about Obama. You said lies but I want you to prove just ONE. Now please , don't come back with some kind of "fruit" deal like you did before when I asked you to show ONE trade agreement Bush approved that caused... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Prozac on the Battle Field Jun 7, 2008
What's new in Vanity Fair, the Economist, The Nation, and more. - By Morgan Smith - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Why Decisions Are Best On A Full Tum Jun 6, 2008
Common antidepressants such as Prozac work by maintaining higher levels of serotonin in the brain. Bananas can help de-stress. (Sky News)
Walgreen settles with Ohio, other states over drug-switching claims Jun 6, 2008
-based Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) settles allegations that it overcharged Medicaid by switching dosage forms in filling generic Prozac, Zantac and Eldepryl prescriptions. Ohio is getting $161,000 through the settlement. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Florida gets $9.8M in multi-state Walgreens settlement Jun 6, 2008
will pay $35 million to settle allegations by a pharmacist whistle-blower that it defrauded Medicaid by switching prescriptions for the generic forms of Zantac, Prozac and Eldepryl ... -based Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) overcharged Medicaid by switching dosage forms in filling generic Prozac, Zantac and Eldepryl prescriptions ... In his complaint against Walgreens, Lisitza alleged the company had been illegally switching between tablets and capsules of ranitidine (generic Zantac) and fluoxetine... (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Why big decisions are best made on a full stomach Jun 6, 2008
Common antidepressants such as Prozac work by maintaining higher levels of serotonin in the brain. However, other research has shown that snap decisions are best, with those who ponder a subject too deeply tending to make the wrong choices. (Daily Mail)
Walgreens Settles Whistleblower Suit Jun 5, 2008
The settlement covers allegations that for three drugs - Ranitidine (generic Zantac), Fluoxetine (generic Prozac) and Eldepryl or Selegiline (generic Eldepryal) - Walgreens switched Medicaid patients from a cheaper version to a more expensive version to boost its reimbursements from the Medicaid program. For example, Medicaid patients who had prescriptions for 150- or 300-milligram tablets of Ranitidine were switched to more expensive capsules. (CBS News)
Walgreens settles allegations in Medicaid dispute Jun 5, 2008
The drugs are ranitidine, a generic version of Zantac used to treat heartburn; fluoxetine, a generic of anti-depressant Prozac; and selegiline, a generic version of the Parkinson's medication Eldepryl. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of the federal government by whistle-blower pharmacist Bernard Lisitza, alleges Walgreens improperly switched Medicaid patients from a cheaper version of a drug to a more expensive one, such as substituting tablets for capsules, in an effort to collect more money... (Chicago Tribune)
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Walgreens agrees to $35M settlement Jun 5, 2008
The drugs involved were Ranitidine (or Zantac), which inhibits stomach acid production; Fluoxetine (or Prozac), an antidepressant; and Eldepryl, known generically as selegiline, which is used with other medications to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Walgreens operates more than 5,000 retail pharmacies throughout the United States. (The Clarion-Ledger)
America's Medicated Army Jun 5, 2008
The Army estimates that authorized drug use splits roughly fifty-fifty between troops taking antidepressants largely the class of drugs that includes Prozac and Zoloft and those taking prescription sleeping pills like Ambien ... Nearly 40% of Army suicide victims in 2006 and 2007 took psychotropic drugs overwhelmingly, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac and Zoloft. (Time.com)
Marijuana university? Jun 3, 2008 The Ultimate Turn-On May 30, 2008 Prozac Over the Counter? May 28, 2008 The MOTHERS Act: Thalidomide Revisited? May 24, 2008 Widow: My husband died from online drugs May 24, 2008 Sue Halpern's 'Can't Remember What I Forgot': The Good News From the Front Lines of Memory Search May 24, 2008 State notifies parents before releasing awful test scores May 21, 2008 Three suspected in Marlborough drug ring arraigned May 20, 2008 Multi-agency effort leads to big Marlborough drug bust May 18, 2008 Migraine Medications May Cause 'Serotonin Syndrome' May 16, 2008 Uninsured turn to imported drugs bought online May 15, 2008 Sluts, bitches and dogs' haircuts: the Mommy wars May 13, 2008 Big C hope for Prozac May 12, 2008 Teen Depression Worsened by Marijuana, Government Says May 11, 2008 PAPER: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING WAY OUR BRAIN WORKS... May 10, 2008 "We Don't Shill for Anyone " May 10, 2008 The mystery of medications linked to suicide May 8, 2008 The Flip-Flop Factor: Why Day Care Kids Dont Play Outside May 8, 2008 Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood May 8, 2008 Stealth Marketers May 8, 2008 Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths, US Says (Update1) May 6, 2008 Tim Lott: My LSD trip down memory lane May 5, 2008 10 foods to make you happy May 4, 2008 Night club drug could ease depression May 3, 2008 Quieting the inner demons and giving art a voice May 2, 2008 What's next? May 2, 2008 Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis Patients May 2, 2008 When One Antidepressant Doesn't Work, Another May May 2, 2008 CALIFORNIA MELTDOWN: Foreclosures up 327% from '07 levels... Apr 23, 2008 Prison garb awaits costume bandit Apr 23, 2008 Antidepressants Enhance Neuronal Plasticity In The Visual System Apr 22, 2008 Mood lifting Apr 21, 2008 Prozac shows promise as cure for 'lazy eye' Apr 18, 2008 Treating OCD with Antidepressants Apr 18, 2008 Antidepressant may treat lazy eye Apr 18, 2008 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Apr 17, 2008 Diuretics Associated With Bone Loss In Older Men Apr 17, 2008 Slow and steady wins the race Apr 16, 2008 Most older suicide victims not on antidepressants Apr 16, 2008 Pondering long-term risks of antidepressants on young people Apr 16, 2008 Colleges put out safety nets Apr 16, 2008 'I did heroin once, just to be sociable' Apr 15, 2008 Catwalk closed to the kittens Apr 13, 2008 When a Mind Begins to Disappear: A Young Family's Journey to the Dark Side Apr 12, 2008 My battle with depression Apr 11, 2008 Antidepressants on the rise Apr 11, 2008 Classifieds 4/9/08 Apr 10, 2008 Guest Political Blogger Tomas Young Apr 10, 2008 Most Depressed Teens Have Stable Therapy Response Apr 10, 2008 Bankrupt approachto judgement day Apr 9, 2008 Suicides, untreated depression follow anti-depressant warnings Apr 8, 2008 3000 children were given unlicensed anti-psychotic drugs despite ... Apr 8, 2008 Iraq war veteran transforms pain into protest music Apr 7, 2008 Fred Meyer, QFC to offer discount drugs in Oregon and Washington Apr 5, 2008 Could Schizophrenia Be Entirely Genetic? Mar 30, 2008 Treating SSRI-resistant Depression Mar 28, 2008 Blogger challenge: Think positive Mar 28, 2008 UK tough on pharma cos clinical trials Mar 25, 2008 CVS Caremark settling Medicaid case Mar 25, 2008 FEDS SUE MCKESSON Mar 25, 2008 PROBING THE PLACEBO EFFECT Mar 24, 2008 Frank M. Berger, pioneer of psychiatric drug industry Mar 22, 2008 Autism and vaccines: What's the link? Mar 22, 2008 How Carrey beat the blues with veges Mar 21, 2008 Emergency Contraception Case Lands in Illinois Supreme Court Mar 20, 2008
Diagnosed with depression, she took Prozac for several years, but said that it left her feeling manic and nauseous. Then her son turned her on to marijuana and she soon felt better. (iAfrica.com)
History of art Jun 1, 2008
In July 1988, somewhere around the release of Crocodile Dundee and the launch of Prozac, an art show was staged in London's Docklands that has entered modern art history as a cataclysmic happening on a par with the Cabaret Voltaire and the Salon des Refus;s (the exhibition held in 1863 for works that had been rejected from the official Paris Salon, including Manet's D;jeuner Sur l'Herbe). Organised mainly by Damien Hirst with support from Carl Freedman (now a gallerist and curator), the artist... (Guardian Unlimited)
The idea that Prozac, Zoloft and their ilk work by fixing an imbalance in the chemical serotonin is so mainstream that drug companies use it in their ads ... Block the growth of new brain cells in mice, and Prozac and other antidepressants don t work, he discovered. (Forbes -- Business)
Prozac Over the Counter ... Prozac Over the Counter. (Time.com)
On May 15, 2000, The Boston Globe reported: "Dr. Jonathan O. Cole, a Harvard psychiatrist who was one of the first to suggest that Prozac and similar antidepressants could precipitate suicide, is now criticizing drug companies and the US Food and Drug Administration, saying they are failing to take the problem seriously." In 2005 the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), banned antidepressants for those 18 and under due to their worsening the suicide risk ...... (PR Newswire)
The reporter placed two orders for anti-depressants with the site: one for Prozac, the other for Elavil ... Within 24 hours, the Prozac had arrived at the reporter's front door. (CNN -- Health)
(Think of SSRIs, like Prozac, for depression. He even gives Halpern several examples, ranging from Huntington's disease to the sexual behavior of male prairie voles. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
If you really faced who you were, you'd pop a Prozac and zip it. I, too, like some of you, homeschool my children -- Afrikan children who are not interested in short-lived careers like entertainment and athletics, but rather as chemists, engineers, lawyers, etc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Pills sold to police informants in Hudson several months ago were tested by the U.S. Food and Drug lab and found to contain several illicit drugs, including diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, fluoxetine (generic Prozac), and furosemide, police said ... Chlordiazepoxide HCI and fluoxetine HCI are the active ingredients in Librium and Prozac, respectively. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Those pills, imported illegally from Brazil and believed to be marketed here as "diet pills," contained diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, bromazepam, fluoxetine (generic Prozac), and furosemide. Ingredients in the recovered capsules are all regulated by state and federal laws and are illegal to possess without a prescription, according to a press release from the Marlborough Police Department. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
People with migraine headaches may be especially at risk, because medications taken to prevent migraines from occurring -- such as Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro and Prozac -- are from a class of medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and they make serotonin more available in brain cells, called neurons. Additionally, the medications used to treat an oncoming or active migraine, such as Imitrex, Zomig, Frova, Maxalt and Axert, are from a class of medications known as... (MEDLINEplus)
com in Winnipeg, using five brand and generic drugs: Fosamax, which treats osteoporosis; cholesterol-lowering Lipitor; Tamoxifen, used to treat estrogen-sensitive breast cancer; Prozac, an antidepressant; and Plavix, a blood-thinning medication ... Prozac (generic - 10 mg). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
" MR3.30 p.m. GMTFriday, May 09, 2008 Mere hours after Lichtenstein appeared in the Fray to defend his radio program, Slate writers Lenzer & Brownlee accuse him of attempting to "smear the reputation and credibility of the messenger" rather than...contradict the key points we made in our article; namely that The Infinite Mind series was funded in part by drug company money; that each of the four experts on the show, "Prozac Nation: Revisited" has received drug company funding; that despite... (Slate)
Taking anti-depressants such as Prozac may help fight off cancer, researchers say ... Citalopram, a SSRI like Prozac, and a substance P antagonist called CP96,345 both boosted NK cells. (Mirror.co.uk)
You will find numerous cases of people committing suicide or becoming violent on Prozac , Paxil and similar medications ... You will find numerous cases of people committing suicide or becoming violent on Prozac , Paxil and similar medications ... You will find numerous cases of people committing suicide or becoming violent on Prozac , Paxil and similar medications. (U.S. News & World Report)
Increasing numbers of people already take Prozac for depression, Paxil as an antidote for shyness, and give Ritalin to children to improve their concentration ... But our modern brains are also having to adapt to other 21st century intrusions, some of which, such as prescribed drugs like Ritalin and Prozac, are supposed to be of benefit, and some of which, such as widelyavailable illegal drugs like cannabis and heroin, are not. (The Drudge Report)
contradict the key points we made in our article; namely that The Infinite Mind series was funded in part by drug company money; that each of the four experts on the show, "Prozac Nation: Revisited" has received drug company funding; that despite enormous controversy about the safety and efficacy of antidepressants, the experts all expressed a singular viewpoint; and finally, listeners were not told about the experts' financial conflicts of interest. Read their riposte in its entirety. (Slate)
This became evident when the FDA, based on a review of antidepressant clinical trials, found a slight increase in suicidal thinking among children and young adults taking antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac ... "Use of antidepressants went down, and the suicide rate went up, says Dr. Paula Clayton, medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in New York.The drug? The diagnosis? Neither?Laughren says the FDA hopes that by using Posners methods, they may be... (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Even if mulchless kids grow up to be prozac zombies. I have a toddler. (New York Times)
The researchers also found that depressed patients who didn't respond to the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) had lower concentrations of mu receptors in the anterior cingulate, an area of the brain involved in the processing of emotional states. In other studies, NIMH researchers used PET and functional MRI to identify abnormal patterns of neural activity and chemical function in the brain's reward pathway that underlie depressed patients' inability to experience pleasure. (MEDLINEplus)
Also unmentioned were the "unrestricted grants" that The Infinite Mind has received from drug makers, including Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the antidepressant Prozac ... Which brings us back to The Infinite Mind and "Prozac Nation: Revisited," a show that may stand in a class by itself for concealing bias ... CMPI President Peter Pitts was one of Goodwin's three guests for "Prozac Nation." We don't know which companies fund his group because when we asked him, Pitts said, "I don't want to go... (Slate)
Researchers aren't sure whether it's appropriate to treat such patients with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of medications that include Prozac, and other anti- depressants, Insel said. His institute is examining that question and novel treatments for PTSD, including using so-called virtual reality technology. (Bloomberg)
That something which bio-chemically can open and even heal the mind (in some ways Prozac does something analogous though very different) is so violently proscribed speaks volumes of our times, when imagination and the spiritual itself are virtually taboo. Albert Hofmann's great experiment was thus a failure. (Independent)
The concept works on the same principle as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as popular antidepressant Prozac. Britain's Food and Mood Project recommends eating chicken, sardines, turkey, salmon, fresh tuna, nuts and seeds to boost serotonin levels. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Previous research had shown that ketamine improved symptoms in depressed people after just 24 hours far faster than the month it can take for Prozac to kick in but until now they did not know exactly how. The latest findings give researchers a specific target to design new drugs and offer hope for the many people who do not respond to Prozac or other standard medicines, Deakin added ... Prozac was initially introduced by U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co in 1987 and belongs to a class of... (MSNBC -- Health)
Poets on Prozac: Mental Illness, Treatment and the Creative Process ... More reflections on the same subject can be found in "Poets on Prozac," a collection of essays solicited from published poets with psychiatric illness. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Twenty years ago the anti-depressant Prozac changed her life. "I am a Prozac success story," she said. (Towson Times, MD)
MedlinePlus: Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in MS Patients. Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in MS Patients ... WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Prozac may help reduce disease activity in people with the relapsing remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study suggests. (MEDLINEplus)
Relatively new antidepressants such as Prozac and Zoloft, for example, are called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs. In recent clinical trials, only about a third of depressed patients achieved remission with SSRI treatment, the authors explain, but there is little consensus among psychiatrists about the best treatment for patients when an SSRI doesn't work. (MEDLINEplus)
It is time to take your Lithium and Prozac. This housing crash is the result of a classic resource bubble willingly created by its participants. (The Drudge Report)
Rosario and his lawyer, assistant federal public defender Shanlyn Park, asked for a shorter sentence because, they said, his behavior was affected by the combined use of methamphetamine and Prozac to treat his depression ... Ezra agreed that Rosario's abuse of methamphetamine while taking Prozac for depression might have contributed to his behavior, but he still knew right from wrong and was able to plan and carry out the robberies. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
According to Professor Eero Castr;n at the University of Helsinki, the original objective of the study was to learn more about why the antidepressant effect of fluoxetine (also known as Prozac) and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors develops so slowly, many weeks after starting treatment. Castr;n's research group has approached this question by examining the growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which influences plasticity of the nervous system or in other words,... (Science Daily)
He tells people that going for a run is like taking a bit of Prozac - to lighten mood - and a bit of Ritalin - to heighten attention. Much of the recent research has focused on experimental exercise programs for people with psychiatric disorders, mainly depression, and the carefully controlled clinical trials have turned up dramatic findings. (Boston Globe)
Prozac shows promise as cure for 'lazy eye ... LONDON - Prozac, the popular antidepressant, might also be an effective treatment for adults with a "lazy eye," according to new research ... Prozac was initially introduced by U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co in 1987 and belongs to a class of compounds called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). (MSNBC -- Health)
Rx Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be treated effectively with antidepressants many patients. (Suite101.com)
The drug fluoxetine (Prozac), prescribed to millions of people with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, might soon have an unexpected new medical use as a treatment for lazy eye syndrome. A study of rats with impaired vision shows that daily doses of fluoxetine help their brains' visual centres to rewire themselves and correct the defect. (Nature News Service)
Many antidepressants, such as Celexa, Cymbalta, and Prozac, can take a period of weeks to become effective. Other antidepressants, like , can provide nearly immediate relief of anxiety symptoms, but come with undesirable side effects like significant weight gain. (Suite101.com)
27, 2007) Two new studies suggest older men and women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft, are prone to increased bone loss. The. (Science Daily)
(Prozac belongs to this category. Many patients complained, however, about delayed ejaculation as an untoward side effect and (voila. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
The corresponding rates for users of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Prozac and Zoloft, were 169. 0 and 68. (Scientific American)
Courtney Wotherspoon. Published: April 16, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Steven Kazmierczak, who killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University in February, had stopped Prozac abruptly because of side effects, his girlfriend told CNN.. After the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois shootings, too many people are drawing a link between mental illness and murder, says Lucas Ebaugh, 26, a student at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. (USA Today)
It cuts people off from their feelings, like Prozac. You've got to come out some time. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
"I believe she suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder that was triggered by her cancer episode and exacerbated by her failed suicide attempt. I suspect that Dale was given Prozac when she entered Farm Place and, overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts as a result, jumped from the window." Harper added that "the only thing" Greer got right was Kanga's "tremendous joie de vivre". Marital tales of hell. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Medicare pays for some of Jim's Alzheimer's medications --such as Exelon and Namenda-- as well as the antidepressant Prozac. "But still," Michelle says, "the prescriptions are too much. So we have to get prescription samples from doctors to get by.". (Health-Finder)
I thank God for a good counselor who helped me to work through those issues and for Prozac which brought me up out of that black hole ... I never stuck with a counselor, or found a medicine that really worked to relieve the symptoms completely until around 1993, when I took prozac ... I was put on Prozac and that was a life saver, for me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
One study, published by British researchers in February in the online journal PLos Medicine, looked at data from 35 clinical trials for the antidepressants Prozac, Effexor, Serzone and Paxil that had been submitted for review to the Food and Drug Administration. CONTINUED 1. (NJ.com -- Times)
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I've always been agnostic, and I went, but I thought, "I have to do what I have to do to get the pills." The chaplain looked me square in face and said, "I think you'll feel better when you get over to Iraq and start killing people." So I stood up and said, "Thank you, sir, for confirming everything I thought about religion. I'm gonna go get my Prozac." And that's what I did. What do you hope to get accomplished though your activism. (Billboard.com)
The patients were randomly assigned to drug treatment with fluoxetine (Prozac), cognitive behavioral therapy, both treatments, or placebo for 12 weeks, lead author Dr. Paul Rohde, from the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, and colleagues note. This was followed by a 6-week continuation phase and then an 18-week maintenance period in which the patients underwent three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy, drug treatment or both. (MEDLINEplus)
With the current move in psychiatric practice away from counseling towards more utilization of psychotropic drugs, wouldnt the Senate be better stewards of the taxpayers money by just writing a Prozac prescription to the entire housing industry. But more important than what is being put in the bills is what is being taken out. (Asia Times Online)
The antidepressant warning involved drugs known as SSRIs, or selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, a class that includes Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft, as well as serotonin noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs), which include Effexor ... The only exception was Prozac. (Canada.com)
The increase in the use of the drugs has come at a time when Prozac and other similar drugs used to treat depression have gone out of patent. In the US, the prescription for children of anti-psychotic drugs has increased along with the trend for behavioural problems to be diagnosed as manic depression. (Times Online)
Young's depression deepened, and though he eventually received Prozac, he was told he'd have no access to refills in Iraq. Not that he'd need any. (USA Today -- Life)
The prescriptions, sold at that price in 30-day allotments, include amoxicillin, the generic version of the antibiotic Amoxil; fluoxetine, the generic of the antidepressant Prozac; and Loratadine, a generic version of the allergy medication Claritin. Kroger also announced it would sell two generic versions of birth-control pills and a fertility drug, all for $9 each. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
It seems to me that the genetic approach is similar to the Prozac approach, rather than doing the work of changing behavior, you compel with drugs ... e. 4 year children) have a deficiency in Abilify, Prozac, Adderall or the myriad of other antipsychotics/depressants given out on the market. (MedHeadlines)
Some common SSRI antidepressants are fluoxetine (Prozac), citalopram (Celexa) and sertraline (Zoloft), while examples of a few common non-SSRI antidepressants are venlafaxine (Effexor) and buproprion (Wellbutrin, Zyban). The authors combined 4 studies comparing these two types of treatment strategies and performed a meta-analysis on the pooled data. (Science Daily)
sparky wrote on Mar 27, 2008 10:33 AM:" You just meet the nicest people on Prozac. ". Bluto wrote on Mar 27, 2008 11:08 AM:" So Sparks, when you take Prozac you meet nice people. Good to know. :) " ... Bluto wrote on Mar 27, 2008 9:44 PM:" Hey Molinas, I'm a fellow LA transplant and I love it here. You won't regret the move Id bet. Next time you think your post didn't "show up" try hitting refresh. I've noticed that it takes a few minutes for posts to appear just by clicking the headline on... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Patients could be taking drugs they do not need or do not work, said Irving Kirsch, a professor of psychology at Britain's University of Hull and lead author of a study that concluded antidepressants like Prozac are mostly ineffective. Kirsch and colleagues analysed data about popular antidepressants after submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to the US Food and Drug Administration. (India Times)
"Legally, switching tablets for capsules is the same as switching Zantac for Prozac," he said. "A prescription for a tablet is not a scrip for the capsule, just as a price for the tablet is not the price for the capsule.". (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
The suit, filed in 2005 on behalf of 11,000 insurers, pension funds and other third-party payers and millions of consumers, claims McKesson engaged in a scheme from 2001 to 2005 to fraudulently inflate the price of more than 400 prescription drugs, including Eli Lilly & Co.'s Prozac and Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor. . (New York Post -- Business)
Yes and no. The investigators of these studies had to legally invoke the Freedom of Information Act to obtain and analyze unpublished trials on SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants, which include Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil). They discovered the existence of a "file drawer effect" - trials with positive results are published while others are filed away - an issue that may confuse the true results of a great deal of medication... (San Francisco Chronicle)
NEW YORK Dr. Frank M. Berger, who helped start the modern era of drug development with his invention of Miltown, the first mass-market psychiatric drug and a forerunner of medical and cultural phenomena like Valium and Prozac, died Sunday in his home in Manhattan ... Time magazine ran a story about "pills for the mind," foreshadowing its later coverage of the Prozac phenomenon. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
If you are a doctor, put down your industry supplied prozac pen, step away from your eli lilly notepad and mozy on over to pubmed. Try a few searches using the word mitochondrial plus either thimerosal or merthiolate or mercury. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
He said: "I tried dealing with depression by taking Prozac. It was good for a little bit but it didn't heal me. I don't believe that can ever be the cure. "My diet has made a huge difference. People have no idea how important food really is, what you put in your mouth has something to do with your emotional life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
They don t like Prozac or think antibiotics are immoral ... They dont like Prozac or think antibiotics are immoral ... asked, what happens if the pharmacist believed that it was his moral obligation not to dispense prozac or heart medication, the fact that RESPONSE stated these medications are not the same as Plan B is a mute point. (Wall Street Journal)
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