fluoxetine
Britishnoun
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Sanchez examined four psychoactive pharmaceuticals frequently detected in treated wastewater: carbamazepine, lamotrigine, amitriptyline, and fluoxetine.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
However, he said there had been a push for "generic, cheap medications" that meant 85% of antidepressant prescriptions in the UK were for just three drugs: the SSRIs citalopram, sertraline and fluoxetine.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
The team found that giving the mice the antidepressant fluoxetine or having them exercise increased their persistence, and mice who gave up easily had gene activity in their brains associated with susceptibility to chronic stress.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 19, 2024
Today, millions of people take the medication — including generically as fluoxetine — for beneficial treatment of depression, anxiety, panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and other conditions.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
And the trend is quite common among pet owners: a 2016 survey of small-animal veterinarians found that 83 percent had prescribed the antidepressant fluoxetine to either dogs or cats.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2021
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