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- catalog abstract ""Let Them Eat Prozac explores the history of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - from their early development to the latest marketing campaigns - and the controversies that surround them. Initially, they seemed like wonder drugs for mild to moderate depression, one pill a day to a new you, and unlike the tranquilizers that were popular from the 1960s to the 1980s, SSRIs supposedly could not lead to addiction. When Prozac was released in the late 1980s, David Healy was among the psychiatrists who prescribed them. But he soon observed that some patients became agitated and even attempted suicide. Confirmatory studies were soon published, citing numerous cases in which patients became anxious and reported increased suicidal thoughts while taking Prozac. Could the new wonder drug actually be making patients worse?" "Healy draws on his own research and expertise to demonstrate the potential hazards associated with these drugs. He intersperses case histories with insider accounts of the research leading to the development and approval of SSRIs as a treatment for depression."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13255930.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Let Them Eat Prozac explores the history of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - from their early development to the latest marketing campaigns - and the controversies that surround them. Initially, they seemed like wonder drugs for mild to moderate depression, one pill a day to a new you, and unlike the tranquilizers that were popular from the 1960s to the 1980s, SSRIs supposedly could not lead to addiction. When Prozac was released in the late 1980s, David Healy was among the psychiatrists who prescribed them. But he soon observed that some patients became agitated and even attempted suicide. Confirmatory studies were soon published, citing numerous cases in which patients became anxious and reported increased suicidal thoughts while taking Prozac. Could the new wonder drug actually be making patients worse?" "Healy draws on his own research and expertise to demonstrate the potential hazards associated with these drugs. He intersperses case histories with insider accounts of the research leading to the development and approval of SSRIs as a treatment for depression."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-340) and index.".
- catalog description "Take one -- Events in Kentucky -- Down the barrel of a lawyer -- Market force -- A Pacific fault line -- Kafka's Castle -- Experiment at the end of the millennium -- The plots thicken -- The tort wars -- Let them eat Prozac -- Epilogue: anecdotal deaths.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 351 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814736696 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Medicine, culture, and history".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog subject "616.85/27061 22".
- catalog subject "Depression, Mental Chemotherapy.".
- catalog subject "Depressive Disorder drug therapy.".
- catalog subject "Drug Industry ethics.".
- catalog subject "Fluoxetine adverse effects.".
- catalog subject "Fluoxetine therapeutic use.".
- catalog subject "Fluoxetine.".
- catalog subject "Psychotropic drugs industry.".
- catalog subject "QV 77.5 H434L 2004".
- catalog subject "RM332 .H423 2004".
- catalog subject "Serotonin uptake inhibitors.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Take one -- Events in Kentucky -- Down the barrel of a lawyer -- Market force -- A Pacific fault line -- Kafka's Castle -- Experiment at the end of the millennium -- The plots thicken -- The tort wars -- Let them eat Prozac -- Epilogue: anecdotal deaths.".
- catalog title "Let them eat Prozac : the unhealthy relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and depression / David Healy.".
- catalog type "text".