Depressed? Prozac can help!

Prozac can help against depression

Millions of people around the world take PROZAC, making it one of the best known and most trusted antidepressants. If you know someone who has been depressed, the odds are that he or she is recovering because of it. Find out more about how PROZAC works so that, when you take it, you will know how it can help you get better.

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Why can Prozac help?

Despite years of clinical research, physicians still do not know why people get depressed. But there is an increasing body of evidence that a contributing cause is an imbalance in the brain’s chemistry. The nerve cells must be able to communicate with each other for people to be able to think clearly and maintain a positive mood. This is done through neurotransmitters. If something disrupts this communication, people get depressed. The main suspect is serotonin, one of the neurotransmitters. If the level of this chemical in the brain is disturbed, a depression seems likely to develop and, if not treated, build into a severe case. PROZAC is designed to correct this specific lack of balance in serotonin, i.e. it targets this neurotransmitter and persuades the brain to produce more serotonin. The other antidepressants affect several neurotransmitters including serotonin. None of the antidepressants, including PROZAC, actually “cure” depression. But PROZAC does help to relieve the main symptoms. It allows those who have been struggling with their fears and anxieties to grow less worried and to resume a more normal lifestyle.
Some History
• PROZAC is one of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It was the first of this class of medications to receive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use in the United States. It is designed to help people suffering from depression by stimulating the brain to produce more serotonin, a chemical that medical researchers believe regulates mood.
• PROZAC was first allowed on to the market for the treatment of depression in Belgium in 1986. One year later, the FDA approved its use in the United States. As confidence has grown in its safety and effectiveness, more than ninety countries have approved the use of PROZAC and it has been helping millions of people worldwide to fight depression.
• Because of its track record of success in clinical trials involving thousands of participants, doctors now prescribe PROZAC as a first-response medication when patients are diagnosed as clinically depressed or suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder or bulimia. PROZAC can and does help people to recover.