News tagged with prozac
Drugmakers brace for generic versions of biotech blockbusters
In 2001, Abbott Laboratories spent nearly $7 billion on the biggest acquisition in the company's 123-year history, primarily to access one drug, Humira.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2011 |
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New model for probing antidepressant actions
medicines such as Prozac, Lexapro and Paxil – work by blocking the serotonin transporter, a brain protein that normally clears away the mood-regulating chemical serotonin. Or so the current thinking goes.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Montrealers are feeding fish Prozac
Around one in four Montrealers take some kind of anti-depressant, and according to new research, the drugs are passing into the waterways and affecting fish. The findings are internationally significant as ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Anti-depressant Prozac inhibits sex drive in fish: study
The popular anti-depressant Prozac can inhibit sexual activity in fish if it seeps into waterways, according to a Canadian study published Tuesday.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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How does Prozac act? By acting on the microRNA
The adaptation mechanisms of the neurons to antidepressants has, until now, remained enigmatic. Research, published this week by teams of Odile Kellermann and of Jean-Marie Launay (Inserm, Paris), sheds new light on the mechanisms ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Prozac and Celexa exhibit anti-inflammatory effects
A new study found that fluoxetine (Prozac) and citalopram (Celexa) treatment significantly inhibited disease progression of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice. Research led by Sandra Sacre, Ph.D. from the Brighton ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Antidepressant Can Change Patient's Personality
(PhysOrg.com) -- The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Hunting for the Prozac gene
Prozac works wonders for some depressed people, but not for others. In some cases, patients derive little benefit and at worst, it can lead to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage. Researchers and doctors remain puzzled ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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