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Can Prozac increase risk of bleeding?
Q: I’ve been taking Prozac for the past two years. I recently read that Prozac may increase the risk of bleeding. I had a bleeding ulcer 10 years ago. Can I continue taking it?
A: The news about a possible relationship between Prozac (fluoxetine) and related antidepressants came from a study published in the Archives of [...]
Choose Nature Instead of Prozac for PMS and PMDD.
By Tony Isaacs.
Thanks to a recent question in the Ask Tony Isaacs Curezone forum, I discovered that it appears to be common to prescribe the dangerous drug Prozac for PMS - at least in the United States, that is. Not only that, but it is evidently often prescribed not by the Psychiatrists who successfully lobbied [...]
Weighing in on Depression. Is ice cream an antidepressant?
Essay By Dr. James Potash, M.D.
For ABC-news.
New Research Clarifies More Than Ever Basis of ‘Comfort Food’.
Is ice cream an antidepressant?
Some patients with depression will eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream at night before they go to bed. They feel comforted - at least briefly - by the high-calorie treat. Of course, it [...]
Prozac update.
I’ve been on Prozac for three weeks now, so I thought I’d report back on its effects, and also offer a bit of a forum:
Comment, if you want to, sharing what medication you’re currently on, or have been on, (doesn’t have to be anti-depressants) and the effects it’s having/had on your life and mood.
Basically, I [...]
Head fake: How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction.
Prozac is one of the most successful drugs of all time. Since its introduction as an antidepressant more than 20 years ago, Prozac has been prescribed to more than 54 million people around the world, and prevented untold amounts of suffering.
But the success of Prozac hasn’t simply transformed the treatment of depression: it has also [...]
The Anatomy of Depression
I worry about all the prozac that was dispensed in the ’80’s and ’90’s. Everyone was taking those “happy pills”. I did try also. But my brain chemistry just got overwhelmed and I slept a great deal. I withdrew from them after a short trial period. I just managed to get through my divorce the [...]
