Facts About Prozac

Millions of Americans are on it to treat everything from serious depression to shyness, obesity, PMS, and back pain. They've been told it has few, or no, side effects. But what is the dark side of Prozac? Has the FDA told you everything it knows about the drug's potentially dangerous side effects? What essential facts must you have if you are already taking Prozac, or are considering taking it? Find out:

• What Prozac's label won't tell you.
• The truth about serious and life-threatening reactions.
• Cases of sexual dysfunction from Prozac, particularly in men.
• If Prozac can lead to violence, murder, or suicide.
• What Prozac has in common with cocaine and amphetamines.
• The panic and anxiety Prozac can cause - not cure.

A major million drug company made $1.2 billion from Prozac in one year. But what is its cost to you?!

• The maker, Eli Lilly, insists prosaic is safe, but there is an avalanche of lawsuits against the company and physicians who have prescribed it.
• Fans of the drug say it can make "normal" people feel better than they ever have.. BUT there are hundreds of cases of users who become emotionally disturbed, or committed suicide or murder while on Prozac.
• The drug company says there are no long-term effects from Prozac... BUT the FDA approved it only for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Prozac has been praised for making its users "less sensitive"... BUT it also makes them less in-touch with reality, less caring, and less loving.
• Prozac is taken for "winter blues", obesity, anorexia, bulimia, phobia, anxiety, panic disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, PMS, post-partum depression, drug and alcohol dependence, migraines, arthritis, and behavioral problems in children... BUT the FDA approved it only for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Talking Back To Prozac, by Peter Breggin, M.D., covers all these topics and more in his well researched and enlightening book.

Peter Breggin's Home Site - Peter R. Breggin, M.D. founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network concerned with the impact of mental health theory and practices upon individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values. For 25 years ICSPP has been informing the professions, media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.

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