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Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts

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206 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.29s | source
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shswkna ◴[21 Nov 25 00:33 UTC] No.45999858[source]▶
From the article:

> They can also increase suicidal ideation.

A very close family member committed suicide, after Prozac dosage adjustments made his brain chemistry go haywire.

This happened 30 years ago, and it has been known to us that Prozac can cause this, since then.

The Guardians headline is way, way understating the real situation here.

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1. EB66 ◴[21 Nov 25 20:58 UTC] No.46008926[source]▶
I also had a close family member who committed suicide shortly after going on Prozac -- this also happened nearly 30 years ago. His young son later went on Prozac himself (several months after his fathers suicide) and immediately started demonstrating bizarre disinhibited anti-social behavior (e.g., damaging property, stealing from friends, etc). He was immediately yanked off Prozac when he started articulating his own thoughts of suicide. The bizarre anti-social behavior improved after discontinuing Prozac.

For some people, Prozac is a very dangerous drug. It is fully deserving of its FDA black label warning (which it didn't have 30 years ago).