Recent news on Prozac

The Antichrist on Prozac  -  25 May 2007
Film.com,Hollywood has a never ending stream of gossip to draw from, whether it's do-nothing socialite Paris Hilton being sent upriver to the big house for a

Doctor can be tried for out-of-state prescription  -  25 May 2007
San Mateo Daily Journal,A Colorado doctor who filled an online Prozac prescription for a 19-year-old Stanford student who later committed suicide can be tried in San Mateo County

This wasn't the normal kind of pick-me-up  -  25 May 2007
Quick DFW,...from Ricki Lake to Suzanne Somers touting that their guest or idea or Thighmaster could make women feel like they'd just plunged into a pool of Prozac.

Dr Thomas Stuttaford answers your questions on antidepressants and ...  -  May 23, 2007
Times Online,It has a profile very similar to that of Prozac, and is a well tried and trusted drug. Sertraline has proved especially useful in treating depression that

Animal Experts: Puppy Prozac Is No Magic Pill  -  May 21, 2007
10TV,COLUMBUS, Ohio - More and more veterinarians are using psychiatric medications, such as Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft to treat dogs in distress.

Prozac and Rocket-Toting Babies at Maker Faire  -  May 21, 2007
Wired NewsThis guy, who spent the entire day cruising the fairgrounds in a cupcake sprinkled with giant doses of Prozac with his fellow electric cupcake drivers,

Prozac is proving a bitter pill  -  May 21, 2007
Scotsman,With so many of us turning to medicines to help us cope with the pain of being human, it is hardly surprising that there has been talk of a "Prozac culture"

Britain On Prozac  -  May 21, 2007
EURSOC,...last week reported that up to 31 million Britons have received prescriptions, signed by their doctors, for the antidepressant drugs, Prozac and Seroxat.

Has Prozac made us happy?  -  May 18, 2007
The Age,Twenty years after Prozac became the McDonald's of mental-health medication, it remains the most widely used antidepressant in history, prescribed to 54

Mice On Prozac Help Scientists Find Better Depression Treatments  -  May 17, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The most commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs, Prozac and other drugs of its class, act to normalize levels of serotonin. But by comparing mice that had

How walking steals a march on Prozac  -  May 18, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,So, walking is the new Prozac. Except they don't call it "walking", "getting a bit of fresh air", or even "blowing away the cobwebs",

Researchers' discovery could lead to better depression drugs  -  May 23, 2007
Radio New Zealand,Dr Christie says drugs like Prozac target neurotransmitters such as serotonin, but the new research may pave the way for drugs better tailored for

Now the Prozac nation will take a new path  -  May 16, 2007
The Herald,Since the advent of the new generation of anti-depressants, SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), of which Prozac and Seroxat are the best known,

A Prozac nation?  -  May 14, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,As it hits its 20th birthday, Prozac has come in for increasing criticism by those who are concerned about the country's reliance on prescription medication

Britain becomes a Prozac nation  -  May 13, 2007
Times Online,The most common drugs, known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) – which include Seroxat and Prozac – are the easiest treatment to prescribe

Teaching happiness is no laughing matter  -  May 23, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,No wonder mental illness is so prevalent among schoolchildren, while adults turn increasingly to props such as Prozac - 31 million prescriptions last year.

Are we a Prozac county?  -  May 15, 2007
Norwich Evening News,More anti-depressants are being prescribed in Norfolk than ever before - despite the amount of money spent on them falling.

FDA Protects SSRI Makers With Misleading Warning  -  May 23, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,The commonly prescribed SSRIs in the US include Prozac, by Eli Lilly, Paxil by GlaxoSmithKline, Zoloft by Pfizer, and Celexa and Lexapro by Forest Labs,

Prozac Monitor Hits Area Drug Stores And Best Buy  -  May 8, 2007
The Spoof (satire),Manhattan, NYC, NY---Pharmaceutical Giant Eli Lilly, manufacturer of Prozac, today held a press conference in upper Manhattan to unveil it's much

My opinion Jonah Goldberg : Prozac for pooches a depressing thought  -  May 7, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,You may have heard that Eli Lilly, the maker of Prozac, has just launched Reconcile, a chewable, beef-flavored antidepressant.

Now it’s Prozac for our pets  -  May 4, 2007
The West Australian,Animal welfare groups are alarmed at the number of cats and dogs being given Prozac and other mind-altering drugs to treat depression, obsessivecompulsive

Problem pets can now pop Prozac  -  May 2, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),Daniel Mills, a veterinary behaviourist at the University of Lincoln, UK, says that Prozac and other human psychiatric drugs have been used successfully in

Now 'Prozac' For Problem Pets  -  May 2, 2007
Life Style Extra,The pill which tastes of beef to make it palatable for dogs is an antidepressant called Reconcile and is a derivative of the human drug Prozac,

Could Puppy Prozac Help Your Pooch  -  Apr 30, 2007
KBSD,Humans have been taking Prozac for depression for years, now many puppies are on it too, and some people swear by it. Meet the Brodkorb family.

Dog-owners to be offered beef-flavoured Prozac for their depressed ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
This is London,But the makers of Prozac reckon some dogs are so depressed they need to be medicated to get them through the day. They have now launched a special canine

Eli Lilly launches first Prozac for dogs  -  Apr 25, 2007
Times Online,The makers of Prozac have launched their first ever antidepressant for dogs, a once-a-day chewable tablet flavoured with beef.

Lilly Gets US Approval For Prozac For Pooches  -  Apr 25, 2007
Javno.hr,Mans best friend may have a new best friend after Eli Lilly and Co. won US approval to sell its former blockbuster antidepressant Prozac.

Prozac for misbehaving mutts approved  -  Apr 25, 2007
MSNBCNEW YORK - Man’s best friend may have a new best friend after Eli Lilly and Co. won US approval to sell its former blockbuster antidepressant Prozac to

Lilly wins okay for doggie Prozac  -  Apr 25, 2007
Toronto Star,NEW YORK – Man's best friend may have a new best friend after Eli Lilly and Co. won US approval to sell its former blockbuster antidepressant Prozac to

GUEST OPINION The link between violence and antidepressants  -  May 21, 2007
Toledo Free Press,Murder/suicides like Virginia Tech, Red Lake and Columbine started to become frequent after 1988, just after Prozac became popular.

The drug danger of misdiagnosis  -  May 18, 2007
Times Online,To have given Van Gogh Prozac, without any accompanying antipsychotic or similar drug, would have been to risk immediate disaster – Prozac can induce

Deathly adverbs  -  May 19, 2007
Boston Globe,The Observer Sunday magazine (London): "Prozac is now in the dictionary, no more a slavish noun but a fully fledged adjective....Someone lively and excited

Downsize Me Tonight  -  May 22, 2007
New Zealand Reality TV,Miss Prozac feels really sick. Diet Demon Damian Kristof and Cardio Commando Lee-Anne Wann to the rescue. (Don’t blame me for the corny alliteration,

Lilly gets US approval for Prozac for pooches  -  26 Apr 2007
Reuters...may have a new best friend after Eli Lilly and Co. won US approval to sell its former blockbuster antidepressant Prozac to treat misbehaving mutts.

Treatment for hot flashes is explored  -  26 Apr 2007
Science Daily (press release)And Hot Flashes Too (March 18, 2002) -- A Mayo Clinic study indicates that Prozac' a medication often prescribed for treatment of depression, can safely and

Have You Ever Been Paralized By Fear?  -  26 Apr 2007
Javno.hr,Medicine therapy includes and the use of anti-depressants (Prozac, Zoloft) that eliminates the attack symptoms. Anti-depressants begin to work for

"The Hoax"  -  26 Apr 2007
Agoura Hills Acorn,In the midst of this Prozac Nation in the making, unnoticed novelist Clifford Irving was just brash enough to exploit our obsession with being obsessed.

Too busy? Whack kids on drugs  -  26 Apr 2007
Daily Telegraph,Perhaps it also reflects what philosopher Francis Fukuyama recently noted about Prozac being heavily prescribed for depressed women lacking in self-esteem:

US PSYCH: Insomnia Treatment Boosts Antidepressant Efficacy  -  26 Apr 2007
Psychiatric Times,In a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry in 2006, patients who took both the sleep aid eszopiclone (Lunesta) and fluoxetine (Prozac) had an

Dog Prozac now available for stressed-out pooches  -  Apr 21, 2007
CTV.ca,Nearly 10 million canines are said to suffer anxiety when separated from their owners, but the company that manufactures Prozac is offering relief to both

Prozac Madness: A Killer Cocktail  -  Apr 21, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia,A lonely, picked-on boy was given Prozac (or one of its chemical analogs) like Kip Kinkel in Oregon, like Eric Harris in Colorado This is not a scoop,

'Puppy Prozac' Promises to Ease Pet Separation Anxiety  -  Apr 21, 2007
ABC NewsBut a pill dubbed "puppy Prozac" promises to change that. The latest hype in pet prescriptions is a new drug called Reconcile, a beef flavored pill that

E-mail and Prozac  -  Apr 20, 2007
Bangkok Post,I have a theory: the more e-mail there is, the more Prozac there will be, and the more Prozac there is, the more e-mail there will be.

Prozac Created for Dogs  -  Apr 17, 2007
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases,The maker of Prozac, Eli Lilly and Company, has created a new drug for dogs to help lower the level of anxiety they are under during separation.

Benefits of antidepressants trump suicide risks for kids  -  Apr 24, 2007
Sauk Valley Newspapers,They also found that only Prozac worked better than dummy pills in depressed children younger than 12. In the studies involving depression, 61 percent of

Experts say psychiatric drugs linked to long list of school ...  -  Apr 22, 2007
WorldNetDaily,Steve Lieth of Chelsea, Mich., in 1993 walked into a school meeting and shot and killed the school superintendent, wounding two others, while on Prozac.

E-mail Linked to Prozac?  -  Apr 17, 2007
STATS,Robert Wright has a whimsical theory, which he expounds in an op-ed in today’s New York Times: “the more e-mail there is, the more Prozac there will be,

Prozac for dogs, almost  -  Apr 17, 2007
FarmNews.co.nz,To combat this problem in dogs, Eli Lilly and Company, which is the maker of Prozac has created a product to lessen separation anxiety in dogs.

Prozac maker launches antidepressant for dogs  -  Apr 16, 2007
CBC Prince Edward Island,Eli Lilly and Co., which built its reputation on insulin and the antidepressant Prozac, launched its first prescription medicine for pets on Friday.

Stiles To Bring Bell Jar Back To Big Screen  -  Apr 24, 2007
Cinema BlendA few years ago, Christina Ricci’s adaptation of Elizabeth Wuertzel’s less interesting drug-filled cryfest Prozac Nation met with a similar fate.

New tricks  -  Apr 24, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,The makers of Prozac have come up with a cure for them, too. A tempting chewy pill, available in a succulent beef flavour, will help your poodle feel more

Young, vulnerable and isolated  -  Apr 22, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,The drug's manufacturer, Eli Lilly, vehemently denies that Prozac can generate suicidal or violent reactions. However, suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation

Talk Therapy for OCD  -  Apr 23, 2007
PsychCentral.com,OCD treatment often includes prescription medications such as Prozac (fluoxetine). However, a new review from Australian researchers, led by Ileana Gava of

Another Prozac Nation?  -  Apr 5, 2007
Egypt Today,It begs the question: Is Egypt becoming another Prozac nation? “We have to ask, is depression becoming more common,� Mokhtar ponders, “or is it that people

What was he on?  -  Apr 23, 2007
Los Angeles Daily News,Kip Kinkel of the Springfield, Ore., shooting was on Ritalin and Prozac. Jason Hoffman of the 2001 high-school shooting in El Cajon was on two

Prozac use in children  -  Apr 2, 2007
Healthcare RepublicThe licence for Prozac (fluoxetine) has been extended to include the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive episodes in children aged eight and

Prozac for Your Dog  -  Mar 29, 2007
MIT Technology Review,A new canine version of Prozac will soon be available. It is just the latest in pet-specific drugs, as pharmaceutical companies increasingly chase this

Arianna Huffington: Virginia Tech Aftermath: Did Legal Drugs Play ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Yahoo! NewsEli Lilly, the maker of Prozac, has vehemently denied numerous claims that the drug causes violent or suicidal reactions. But the company's own documents

Dirt Is Cheaper Than Prozac: Mood-Boosting Bacteria?  -  Apr 2, 2007
Wired NewsI've heard about exposure to dirt strengthening the immune system -- but could it make you feel better, too? Treatment of mice with a ‘friendly’ bacteria,

How Do We Enforce A Gun Ban For The Mentally Ill  -  Apr 23, 2007
KXMA,If I get fired from my job, go to see my shrink and get some Prozac to help me with my depression is someone from the ATF going to show up to take away my

Prozac nation  -  Mar 27, 2007
IrishExaminer.com,By Cormac O’Keeffe. ONE-IN-EIGHT Irish adults have used sedatives, tranquillisers or anti-depressants at some stage in their lives, according to a new

Why another School shooting?  -  Apr 18, 2007
Blogger News NetworkIn September 2005, following confirmation that Red Lake Indian Reservation school shooter, Jeff Weise, was under the influence of the antidepressant Prozac,

Why we are nuts  -  Apr 22, 2007
Coshocton Tribune,I'm pretty certain that women's magazines are an enormous part of the reason that we have become a Prozac nation. I just got home from the grocery,

Lilly drug targets anxiety in dogs  -  Apr 22, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Eli Lilly & Co., which built its reputation on insulin and antidepressant Prozac, launched its first prescription drug for pets.

Your letters: Virginia Tech  -  Apr 19, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),16-year-old Native American Jeff Weise was under the influence of the antidepressant Prozac when he shot and killed nine people and wounded five,

Study: Antidepressants May Help Kids  -  Apr 17, 2007
WTOP,They also found that only Prozac worked better than dummy pills in depressed children younger than 12. In the studies involving depression, 61 percent of

Psychiatric Pharmaceudical Industry Cover Up  -  Apr 20, 2007
AHRC News Services,If so, Hui is the 19th school shooter reported to have been taking psychiatric drugs since 1988, when Prozac, the first in the new class of antidepressants

Mind, Body and Spirit Feeling Down? Get Up and Get Moving!  -  Apr 21, 2007
Vanguard,...you against the world, but just 30 minutes of exercise could help lift your grey mood better than popping some Prozac and downing a carton of ice cream.

Parting with depression  -  Apr 18, 2007
South Bend Tribune,At her doctor's recommendation, Fish decided to take Prozac because she knew being so stressed was not good for her baby.

Antidepressants Help More Kids Than They Harm  -  Apr 17, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),The only SSRI approved by the FDA for use in pediatric patients is Prozac, but others are prescribed on an off-label basis.

Spotlight: Antidepressants and Kids - New Data Counter Fears of ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
International News Service,They also found that only Prozac worked better than dummy pills in depressed children younger than 12. Effectiveness of the drugs was measured in the

Study finds depression drugs OK for kids  -  Apr 18, 2007
Indianapolis Star,The antidepressants included Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Serzone and Remeron. Prozac is made by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.

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