Prozac

[proh-zak]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

a brand of fluoxetine hydrochloride.

Origin of Prozac

First recorded in 1988

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Examples from the Web for prozac

Contemporary Examples of prozac

She was put on Prozac after the beatings, and contemplated suicide.
Did Sexpot Schoolteacher Pamela Smart Hire Teens to Kill Her Husband?
Marlow Stern
January 19, 2014
Now 30, she went on Prozac when she was still in high school to treat her clinical depression.
Generation Rx? Review of ‘Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up’
Casey Schwartz
April 15, 2012
“Medication rewrites history,” says Peter Kramer, the psychiatrist and renowned author of Listening to Prozac.
Generation Rx? Review of ‘Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up’
Casey Schwartz
April 15, 2012
Prozac and Zoloft are close behind—research now shows that their usage among preschoolers has more than doubled in recent years.
When Children Commit Suicide
Sara Reistad-Long
September 2, 2009
But what exactly would turn psychotropic drugs like Prozac and Paxil and Zoloft into a subplot in the subprime mess?
Anti-Depressant Nation
Adam Hanft
October 5, 2008

British Dictionary definitions for prozac

Prozac

noun

trademark fluoxetine; a drug that prolongs the action of serotonin in the brain; used as an antidepressant

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Word Origin and History for prozac

Prozac

1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries.

prozac in Medicine

Prozac

[prō′zăk′]

A trademark for fluoxetine hydrochloride.