Last May I went to a pharmacist with one of the 31 million prescriptions issued in Britain each year for some form of anti-depressant, and picked up a month’s supply of Prozac.
The three blister-packs of green and cream pills were the solution to a depression that had hit hard. My partner of three years had […]
An out-of-state physician who wrote a prescription, knowing that the patient was a California resident and that the drug would be sent to him in California, may be prosecuted in state court for practicing without a California license, the First District Court of Appeal has ruled.
Div. Two Monday denied a writ petition brought by Christian […]
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 for practicing medicine without a license, an appellate court ruled.
The decision means psychiatrist Dr. Christian Ellis Hageseth III, 65, can be extradited from his Colorado home back to San Mateo […]
A feature in the Times last week reported that up to 31 million Britons have received prescriptions, signed by their doctors, for the antidepressant drugs, Prozac and Seroxat.
It is believed that there was a near 10 per cent increase in Britain of antidepressants last year.
There is concern over the the nation’s excessive reliance on chemical […]
DEPRESSION, anxiety and stress related disorders are the most common reason for people to visit their family doctor and one of the main causes of sickness absence from work.
There is no denying the misery and despair that someone who experiences depression goes through. It is not the same as feeling low or having a bad […]
Marplan is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), a class of antidepressants usually used as a last resort treatment due to its side effects and drug interactions. Validus said that physicians have turned to Marplan therapy when early treatments with SSRIs and other antidepressant drugs failed to control their patients’ severe symptoms of depression and also […]
Manhattan, NYC, NY—Pharmaceutical Giant Eli Lilly, manufacturer of Prozac, today held a press conference in upper Manhattan to unveil it’s much anticipated “Prozac Monitor”. This clever yet simple device will be worn by users of the miracle mood-stabilizing drug to tell them when it’s time for another dose of mommy’s little helper.
Lilly spokeswoman Margaret Schneider […]
Scientists testing the beds of streams around Portland found the residue of the region’s medicine cabinets and coffee shops. The list of compounds includes many known by such names as Prozac, Tagamet, Benadryl, and Micatin, as well as the caffeine that makes the Northwest edgy.
The scientists were surprised, and troubled. They say they don’t know […]