There is little research into the long-term effects of using antidepressants

Re:There is little research into the long-term effects of us... by tptacek on Monday May 08, 2017 @06:09PM (#14296101)

The "German FDA" has certainly approved of fluoxetine (Prozac), which is simply sold under a different name there.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:There is little research into the long-term effects of us... by tcj_phx on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:15PM (#14297479)

maybe they eventually approved it, but they passed on it in 1984:

  – Three years before Prozac received approval by the US 
  Food and Drug Administration in late 1987, the German BGA, 
  that country’s FDA equivalent, had such serious 
  reservations about Prozac’s safety that it refused to 
  approve the antidepressant based on Lilly’s studies 
  showing that previously nonsuicidal patients who took the 
  drug had a fivefold higher rate of suicides and suicide 
  attempts than those on older antidepressants, and a 
  threefold higher rate than those taking placebos. [1]

[1] http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/media/boston_globe_prozac_revi...

Two more links from this site ("note-to-self"): https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/prozac-time-line/ https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/our-successes/advocacy-campai...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:There is little research into the long-term effects of us... by tptacek on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:49PM (#14297609)

There's no "maybe" about it - Prozac is available in Germany, just under a different name.

[ Parent | on HN ]