Psychiatric Drug Facts
Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

 

Prozac, Luvox, Zoloft, Paxil
and other Prozac-like Drugs

 

WARNING!
When trying to withdraw from many psychiatric drugs, patients can develop serious and even life-threatening emotional and physical reactions. In short, it is dangerous not only to start taking psychiatric drugs but also can be hazardous to stop taking them. Therefore, withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done under clinical supervision. Principles of drug withdrawal are discussed in Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications, by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and David Cohen, Ph.D.  Other information on Prozac and Prozac-like drugs can be found in Talking Back to Prozacby Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and Ginger Ross Breggin.

Sealed Paxil Glaxo SmithKline Product Liability Report Made Public • Suppressed Paxil Suicide Data Revealed

Antidepressant Madness Strikes Baseball Pitcher Jeff Reardon

Prozac and Xanax Found by Court to Cause Criminal Conduct

Was School Shooter Eric Harris Taking Luvox?

Column discussing dangers of psychiatric drugs including Ritalin and Prozac for children

Prozac-like drug Luvox was being taken by teenager responsible for Littleton Columbine High School shooting

"Dangers of fluoxetine" [Prozac], letter from Belgium doctor in Lancet

Talking Back To Prozac by Peter R. Breggin M.D. and Ginger Ross Breggin. This is the book that Eli Lilly & Co. does not want you to read!

"Mood-altering Verdict: Judge suspects Prozac settlement though case went to jury." Kentucky Supreme Court cites possible fraud on the part of Eli Lilly & Co., manufacturer of Prozac.

Le Dossier Prozac, by Dr. Bourguignon (page in French)
 

 

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