antidepressants
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Although there are many antidepressant drugs now in use, the best known is Prozac ®.
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Loneliness, isolation from family, and depression can be particularly devastating for the elderly, and antidepressants only go so far.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced initiatives intended to rein in antidepressants.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The complicating factor here is that antidepressants are prescribed in the U.S. at rates that are above the ideal, which no one really disputes.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is announcing steps that he said are aimed at helping wean some Americans off psychiatric medications, including antidepressants.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
I know Marge doesn’t come out looking too good in this story, but we’ve had some long, intimate talks about hormones and antidepressants and other middle-aged things.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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