Prozac Is Unsafe and Ineffective for Young People, Analysis Finds

Epoch Times ^ | 5/17/23 | Maryanne Demasi, PhD

[CFW]

A new analysis finds that Prozac (generic name fluoxetine) is unsafe and ineffective for treating depression in children and adolescents.

Regulatory documents show that trial participants attempted suicide after taking fluoxetine, but these events were excluded from the final journal publication in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

I notified the journal of the new findings, but the editor refused to correct the record.

Prozac Approval In 2002, Prozac (fluoxetine), manufactured by Eli Lilly, was FDA-approved for treating depression in children and adolescents based on data from two clinical trials.

The two trials were published in peer-reviewed journals in 1997 (Study 1) and 2002 (Study 2).

Both publications reported a small benefit of fluoxetine over placebo in young people with depression, and there appeared to be no significant safety concerns.

Subsequently, fluoxetine became one of the most prescribed antidepressants for children aged 8 to 19 and under in the United States and is among the top five most prescribed antidepressants in England.

[CFW]

Too many children are being drugged instead of being encouraged to face adversities and learn the fact that problems which can seem insurmountable today will be easily forgotten by next week.

Also, we started the trend of drugging children about the time we removed school recess from the daily schedule. Teachers didn't want to deal with fidgeting young boys who needed that recess time to run off excess energy.

Prozac and other such drugs will probably have long-term negative consequences on both their bodies and brains, along with the emotional inability to face challenges in the future.

[Signalman]

documents show that trial participants attempted suicide after taking fluoxetine, but these events were excluded from the final journal publication in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

How much was the payoff from E.L.?

[volunbeer]

Amen to post 1

We desperately need a national conversation about the wisdom and efficacy of putting young people on psychotropic medications.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I’d say “Duh,” but this is exactly what the drug companies want.

More mental illness lets them sell more drugs to treat the mental illness their drugs created.

[bgill]

As with everything, follow the money.

Too many kids are being turned into zombies and destroying their lives.

[Seruzawa]

Waiting for the murder charges against Eli Lilly to be filed.

[foundedonpurpose]

How many shooters are on isotropic medications. Why don’t they release that information, they used to…. Then stopped for some strange/ coincidental reason. Big Pharma being covered for again. Keep your kids off of the corrupt meds. They will be fine.

[ExTexasRedhead]

How many poisons is Big Pharma peddling and pimping including their killer jabs and boosters?

[Political Junkie Too]

Because it conflicts with all the lithium and Ritalin that the kids were on?

-PJ

[GaltAdonis]

Prozac was introduced in 1987.
36 years later they determine that it is 'unsafe'.
Do these FDA folks have our backs or what?

/Sarc

[Seruzawa]

All of them are.

[Leep]

Drugs are not good for you.especiall long term... They slowly rot your insides.

[Leep]

Drugs..legal or not.. are not good for you.especiall long term... They slowly rot your insides.

[Leep]

I’ve met quite a few people who were taking 15-20 pills a day.

[metmom]

documents show that trial participants attempted suicide after taking fluoxetine, but these events were excluded from the final journal publication in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

So much for *studies* and *peer review*.

It's nothing but the good old boys club high fiving each other for supporting the current narrative.

[ro_dreaming]

ping for later