Mixing Prozac with brain-altering substances like alcohol can be harmful. In fact, it’s recommended that you avoid drinking alcohol while you’re on this medication. Prozac is an antidepressant. It’s ...

The dosage of Prozac (fluoxetine) may vary based on your age and the condition it’s used to treat. The typical starting dosage ranges from 10 to 60 milligrams (mg) per day. Prozac’s maximum dosage is ...

Prozac was so popular after its debut in 1988 that it inspired not one but two best-selling books: Listening to Prozac and Prozac Nation (which was turned into a movie starring Christina Ricci). It ...

Since the introduction of Thorazine, various drugs to treat mental illness have been developed. Psychiatrists have prescribed them, and they have been found to work with varying degrees of ...

After drinking mother’s milk spiked with the antidepressant Prozac for 19 days, infant mice bred to mimic the distinctive behaviors and brain abnormalities seen in autism experienced dramatic ...

SHE HAS NEVER SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION, AND SHE'S not one to pop pills for fun. So why would a successful, 43-year-old public-relations executive take Prozac? Helen Baker of Chicago (who wants to be ...

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 ...

Last spring, hundreds of people in Florida opened their mailboxes and found, in and among the junk mail and bills, padded envelopes full of powerful prescription drugs. Each package contained a ...

Twenty-five years after Prozac was introduced, the name has entered the cultural lexicon and helped define how people think of mental illness. Back in the 1990s Prozac achieved what few prescription ...

Mental illness can, at times, be downright ugly. That's true of depression, and it's definitely true of actress Christina Ricci's portrayal of the disorder in the movie, Prozac Nation. Based on the ...

I started seeing a therapist the summer before my freshman year of high school. After several months of cognitive behavioral therapy — a form of therapy which focuses on changing negative thoughts and ...