F**king Prozac

I have always believed that the drug Prozac was a harmful substance. It never concerned me too much because I've never had a need for it and I don't believe I ever will.

I have also always believed that it makes people unstable, among other nasty side effects.

But now someone close to me has been affected by this terrible shit.
And it is making my life a living hell (That is understating the case in a similar way as if someone were to say, "That's a pretty good swim across that Pacific Ocean!").

So I decided to research this shit and discover the truth about what it does to people.
I wondered if I had the real facts about those nasty side effects I've always thought it resulted in.

I came to see that I was wrong about it.

It is, in fact, worse than I thought.

Much worse.

My research turned up word like;
psychosis,
irritability,
Manic Depression,
psychotic episodes,
delirium,
self-mutilation,
bizarre and frightening characteristics,
hallucinations,
aggression,
self-destructive outbursts,
terror,
anger,
violent hostility,
hatred,
rage,
suicide and homicide.

I think we can all agree on this.

These are not words you want to be using
when you are talking about how your day went.

As to how I describe my days lately, I use almost all of them.

Please, please avoid this f**king shit.

Here is what my research uncovered.

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Over the years, the drug (Prozac) has been blamed for sparking murderous and psychotic behavior. - New York Post

PROZAC Symptoms; unusual changes in behavior and thoughts of suicide, as well as anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, difficulty sleeping, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, restlessness, or extreme hyperactivity, thoughts of suicide taking, Bipolar Disorder ("Manic Depression"), "manic" or "psychotic" episodes. - Prozac.com

Based on documents recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, as of September 16, 1993, 28,623 reports of adverse reactions to Prozac had been received by the FDA. These included such effects as delirium, hallucinations, convulsions, violent hostility, aggression, psychosis, 1,885 suicide attempts, 1,734 deaths - 1,089 by suicide and 27 deaths during clinical trials.
Additional documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that both Eli Lilly and Co., manufacturer of Prozac, and officials of the FDA were aware that at least 27 deaths had been linked to Prozac's use before the drug was released.
One of the documents shows that as of October 15, 1987, two months before Prozac was allowed on the market, there had already been 15 suicides linked to it - six by overdose, four by gunshot, three by hanging and two by drowning.
A total of 12 other deaths are also described in the document, provided by Lilly to the FDA.
Despite the startling information about these 27 fatalities - a substance has been recalled from the market (1) with as few as two deaths - FDA officials failed to prevent Prozac from being released. Instead, it was given final FDA approval on December 29, 1987.
The 1986 FDA safety review also discovered that Lilly had failed to report information about the onset of psychotic episodes in people during Prozac's testing. No action was taken against the drug maker, however.
As early as 1986, long before Prozac was approved for public consumption, evidence existed which linked Prozac to the onset of psychotic episodes - a fact underscored by the 1,089 suicides as of September 16, 1993, along with many episodes of senseless violence, homicide and even multiple murder.
The FDA had another opportunity to act in the public interest in September 1991, when its Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee held a hearing to review evidence showing links between Prozac and similar psychiatric drugs and psychotic, violent acts.
For over three hours, more than two dozen Prozac victims or their surviving family members recounted horror stories linking the drug to multiple murders, suicide, attempted suicide, self-mutilation, psychosis and other nightmarish effects.
The committee, however, ignored this information and voted against this information and voted against relabeling Prozac to carry a proper warning of its dangers.
A lengthy investigation by FREEDOM and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights has linked the FDA committee's failure to protect the public from the dangers of Prozac to improper relationships between its members and the drug companies which they are mandated to oversee.
At least five out of 10 of the members on the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had conflicts of interest based on business dealings with manufacturers of antidepressant drugs - including Lilly - totaling a minimum of $1,108,587. - FREEDOM and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights

“I'm worried because the number of people taking it has risen tenfold since 1990 and more and more side-effects, including sexual dysfunction, hallucination and psychosis, are beginning to emerge." - Dr. Robert Bourgignon

In fact, the FDA appears to have looked the other way in regard to several problems before Prozac's release. The FDA discovered in 1986 that Eli Lilly had withheld information about the onset of psychotic episodes on at least 52 patients during the drug's clinical trials. Yet no actions were taken against the manufacturer or Prozac. Documents also show that Eli Lilly and the FDA knew of 15 suicides that occurred during the drug's clinical trials, even though the Prozac label said that three people died during the trials. - Gary Null

(CNN) -- An internal document purportedly from Eli Lilly and Co. made public Monday appears to show that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that patients on its antidepressant Prozac were far more likely to attempt suicide and show hostility than were patients on other antidepressants and that the company attempted to minimize public awareness of the side effects.
The document was provided to CNN by the office of Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-New York, who has called for tightening FDA regulations on drug safety.
"The case demonstrates the need for Congress to mandate the complete disclosure of all clinical studies for FDA-approved drugs so that patients and their doctors, not the drug companies, decide whether the benefits of taking a certain medicine outweigh the risks," he said.
The 1988 document indicated that patients attempted suicide while on the blockbuster drug, a rate more than 12 times that cited for any of four other commonly used antidepressants.
The document, which cited clinical trials of 14,198 patients on fluoxetine -- the generic name for Prozac -- also stated that users suffered psychotic depression while on the drug, more than double the next-highest rate of patients using another antidepressant.
In addition, the paper said that patients reported incidents of hostility -- more than double the rate reported by patients on any of four other commonly used antidepressants.
The trials reviewed in the document said that users of Prozac reported causing an intentional injury -- eight times the rate associated with any of the other antidepressants.
In the paper, titled "Activation and sedation in fluoxetine clinical trials," the authors said that the drug may produce nervousness, anxiety, agitation or insomnia. - CNN

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FOOTNOTE: I apologize for the lack of censoring that originally appeared in this story. It has been fixed.