Hundreds of laboratories, outpatient clinics, and university inpatient units around the world are searching for the causes of depression and manic depression, as well as developing new treatments. Biochemical, genetic, and behavioral research is being conducted, and many research centers both public and private are actively exploring new pharmacologic treatments in the expectation that they [...]
Certainly depression does. The tendency toward depression and manic depression seems to be common in creative people, but when they are in the grip of the beast itself, creativity seems to wither or die. For instance, the nineteenth-century composer Robert Schumann, a manic-depressive who made two failed suicide attempts and finally starved himself to death [...]
As of January 1994, 78 suits against Eli Lilly have been dismissed and 160 others have been filed with accusations ranging from charges that Prozac causes rashes to allegations that the drug led to violent, bizarre death.
So far, not a single court has said that Prozac caused suicide or violent behavior in any of the [...]
The effect of Prozac on the normal heart is minimal. A study of 312 patients revealed no clinically significant changes in the electrocardiogram. Unlike many older antidepressants, Prozac does not cause the heart to beat more quickly in die vast majority of patients. Indeed, researchers have found exactly the opposite: the pulse rate of patients [...]
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The family of a patient on Prozac should familiarize itself with the nature of the depression and be particularly on guard if mere is a past, present, or family history of suicide ideation, negative reactions to specific antidepressants, or mania exists. Probably the most important step they can take [...]
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