Do I Need Prozac?
Studies have shown out of eight Americans, at least one of them will experience depression at least once during their life. At this point it’s been estimated some 18 million plus people each year will suffer from depression. And a lot of these people will probably suffer multiple episodes. You should be aware that once you have your first experience with depression, there is a 50% chance you will deal with it again in the future. If there is a second experience, the odds rise to a 70% chance of it returning.
Depression is actually considered a true illness with actual medical causes. As you may already know, if treatment is given, most depressions are manageable. That’s the main reason it’s so important to get the right treatment and employ an productive regimen. If you are suffering from depressions, PROZAC (fluoxetine HCI) may be what is needed for you to stay with your medication.
At this time there are more than 18 million Americans suffering some kind of depression, and at least one in eight of them will need treatment for that depression during their life. Contrary to what some think, depression is not a character flaw, nor a “mood” or a personal weakness or flaw that can be changed at will, or by just “pulling yourself together.”
PROZAC is currently the world’s most widely recommended, and prescribed, anti-depressants, and has been prescribed worldwide for over 40 million people. There is a good chance someone you know is getting better because they’re taking it.
PROZAC was approved for treating depression in Belguim initially, in 1986, and then in the United States in 1987. Since that time it has received approval and been sold in more than 90 some countries, and prescribed for over 40 million people around the world.
PROZAC’s effectiveness, as well as safety, has been meticulously studied in a variety of clinical trials involving over 11,000 patients. To date there has been over 3,500 publications in various medical and scientific journals on PROZAC.
There are a lot of scientists who believe PROZAC works by actually being able to block the action of a human’s serotonin uptake pump.
It has been found when serotonin has been released from a “sending” nerve cell, some of it will be reabsorbed by the uptake pump. With Prozac being able to block that serotonin uptake pump, this increases the amount of the active serotonin that is being delivered to the “receiving” nerve cell. This is what could be helping the message transmission return to normal.
