ProzacBy: Michelle Krieger

A Little History About the Drug they Call Prozac

• Dec 29, 1987 - Prozac was allowed on the US market .• Sep 1989 - In September 1989, a worker at a printing plant opened fire

with an assault rifle, shooting 20 coworkers before killing himself. When it was revealed that the worker had been taking Prozac, the surviving victims and the families of the dead filed suit against the manufacturer of the drug.

• March 26, 1990, Newsweek sports the picture of a huge Prozac capsule on the cover - a kind of "pill of the year" award.

• More than 400,000 new prescriptions for Prozac are being written each month in the United States. Meanwhile, a flood of lawsuits is pending against the manufacturer, Eli Lilly.

Prozac:

• GENERIC NAME: fluoxetine

• BRAND NAME: Prozac, Sarafem

• TAKEN: Orally

What is Prozac?

• Prozac or Fluoxetine is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin inhibitors.

• Prozac affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive

symptoms.

How Prozac Works..

• By increasing brain levels of serotonion, a neurotransmitter that is thought to influence sleep, appetite, aggression and mood.

• Neurotransmitters are chemicals that carry messages between nerve cells. They are secreted by one cell and picked up by receptor proteins.

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Prozac is used to treat…

• Major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa (an eating disorder) obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Street Names for the Drug..

• Limes• Green & Whites• Green• Pros• Zacs

Possible Side Effects of the “Green”

• Nausea • Weakness • Loss of appetite • Drowsiness • Dry mouth • Decreased sex drive

• Dizziness • Sweating • Ejaculation problems • Vomiting • Fever or chills

Physiological Effects…

• Nervousness• Restlessness

• Insomnia • Manic behavior• Possible suicidal

thoughts

The Psychological Effects..

• Discontentment • Self-pity • Aggression • Feeling useless • Loss of willpower • Lack of recognition by

the person that he or she has a progressive illness

Symptoms of Withdrawal From Prozac.

• Irritability • Agitation • Dizziness • Burning or tingling sensation • Anxiety • Confusion • Headache • Insomnia • Tiredness.

A major drug company made $1.2 billion from

Prozac in one year. But what does it cost to you?!

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Bibliography :

• http://depression.emedtv.com/prozac/prozac-side-effects.html• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000885/• http://www.drugs.com/prozac.html• http://www.rxlist.com/prozac-drug.htm• http://www.medicinenet.com/fluoxetine/article.htm

• Youtube:

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