Posted on 05/17/2006 10:24:44 PM PDT by neverdem
del shannon knows...
Those must be some really happy mice on drugs (what, with all the experiments and the lab they are stuck in)
Interesting. Thanks!
I don't know, but my sister-in-law is weird, whether she's on Prozac or off...
Hope at last, my two surviving neurons might settle down and breed . . .
Microbes Convert Wastewater into Useable Electricity For anyone that's interested, I linked what I believe is the original, actual article on that thread.
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Cheers? What's the point of a monster size cartoon and screwing up the thread and comments display?
I forgive him... They are wearing Tarheels caps!!!
scarcasm
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This is sort of an urban myth put forward by the Scientologists. Like all urban myths, it has anectdotal evidence to support it.
Some people on Prozac have committed suicide, true, but often people who are suffering from depression commit suicide. Virtually everyone being treated with Prozac has some form of depression. If Prozac had been shown to have a causal link with suicide, it would be off the market.
Of course, Tom Cruise would disagree with that, but he eats placenta...
Are you kidding? Have you seen the profit margin?
1: Pak J Pharm Sci. 1999 Jul;12(2):11-6. Related Articles, Links
Inhibition of rat liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity by fluoxetine.
Bano S, Morgan CJ, Badawy AA, Buckland PR, Guffin PM.
Cardiff Community Health Care NHS Trust, Biomedical Research Laboratory, Witchurch Hospital, Cardiff CF4 7XB, UK.
The present study has demonstrated the effectiveness of acute administration of fluoxetine to inhibit rat liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity. The maximum inhibition of basal liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity at 2 h after administration was observed with 1 mg/kg dose for the total enzyme and apoenzyme activities and that significant inhibition of these two activities was evident with a dose of the drug as small as 0.5 mg/kg. Serum free tryptophan concentrations were also increased using 10 mg/kg dose of fluoxetine. In view of the role of tryptophan depletion and thus 5-HT in pathophysiology of depression, it is strongly suggested that the inhibition of liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity may be a major mechanism of antidepressant action.
PMID: 16414828 [PubMed]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed
I wonder if they ever take into account what impact this has on their little mice studies?
Who paid for this little smoke and mirrors study? I could never find it in the PDF doc.
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