This drug has boxed warnings. These are the most serious warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Boxed warnings alert doctors and patients about drug effects that may be dangerous.

Tens of millions of Americans, adults and children, have a prescription for one or more psychiatric drugs. Something like one in six adult women, for instance, takes an antidepressant. On some college ...

Dealing with depression can feel overwhelming, whether you’re deep in a two-week funk or have been enduring it for years. And while depression is a mental health condition that looks different for ...

When Prozac arrived in the U.S. in 1987, with its catchy, computer-generated name and massive marketing campaign, it didn’t just take over the market for antidepressants; it expanded that market many ...

Psychiatrist Peter Kramer, M.D., wrote Listening to Prozac in hopes ofgetting us to understand the personality types our culture is breeding in us--and to decide whether we like ourselves. In the ...

Philadelphia, July 7, 2025 – Researchers have found that the timing of when fluoxetine (commonly known by its brand name, Prozac) is administered is vital in determining the impact it has on ...

Prozac (fluoxetine) is a prescription drug used to treat certain mental health conditions, including depression. The drug comes as an oral capsule. Prozac may not be safe to take while pregnant or ...

Evidence shows weak antiviral activity and no improvement in symptom outcomes. Study: Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive ...