Paxil
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It's usually treated with medications like Zoloft and Paxil that boost and stabilize the neurotransmitter serotonin, leading to reduced anxiety and enhanced emotional well-being.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
—Perhaps the most notorious case of alleged ghostwriting involved the anti-depressant Paxil.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2019
He went on Paxil twenty-one years ago, for social anxiety, and has tried to go off several times, using a micropipette to measure a small reduction of the liquid form of the medication each month.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
Robin Hempel, 54, a mother of four who lives near Concord, N.H., began taking the antidepressant Paxil 21 years ago for severe premenstrual syndrome on the recommendation of her gynecologist.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2018
Everything in Dr. Barney’s office was branded—the Post-it notes said Paxil on them; his pens were all for Prozac; the desk calendar had Zoloft on each page.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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