Seroxat

/ ˈsɛˌrɒksæt /

noun

a drug that prolongs the action of serotonin in the brain; used to treat depression and social anxiety

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Three years after she began taking them, when she was 21, she went to her GP and asked to stop: 20mg of Seroxat a day had helped her live with anxiety and panic attacks, but she began to feel uncomfortable about being on medication all the time.

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It was 1991, about the time GlaxoSmithKline released Seroxat.

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A psychiatrist once said to me that coming off Seroxat is harder than quitting heroin.

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I was originally prescribed Seroxat for mild anxiety about my GCSEs.

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I was prescribed Seroxat when I was 18, the year I started university.

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