Prozac
[proh-zak]
- a brand of fluoxetine hydrochloride.
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Origin of Prozac
First recorded in 1988
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She was put on Prozac after the beatings, and contemplated suicide.
Now 30, she went on Prozac when she was still in high school to treat her clinical depression.
“Medication rewrites history,” says Peter Kramer, the psychiatrist and renowned author of Listening to Prozac.
Prozac and Zoloft are close behind—research now shows that their usage among preschoolers has more than doubled in recent years.
But what exactly would turn psychotropic drugs like Prozac and Paxil and Zoloft into a subplot in the subprime mess?
Prozac
- 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
n.
1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries.
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Prozac
(prō′zăk′)- A trademark for fluoxetine hydrochloride.
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