Prozac was the first of a new class of drugs, called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), to be approved in 1987 by the FDA. This new type of medication  is believed to help patients with depression and disorders such as ADHD by increasing the availability of serotonin in the brain.

The most important  difference between Prozac and other SSRIs is that Prozac remains in your body much longer; this is both good and bad. Prozac's half-life (the time it takes for a drug in the blood to decrease by half of its original dose) is about a week, compared to about a day for Paxil and Zoloft. Up to six weeks after you stop taking the drug, you  will still have traces of Prozac in your body. Thus, if you have a bad reaction to Zoloft or Paxil, the unpleasant symptoms may linger for a week or two. But, adverse reactions from this drug can last for up to six weeks after stopping it. There are also benefits to a long half-life. Missing a dose or two of of this medication is unlikely to cause withdrawal effects..

Drug companies withheld information showing antidepressants were ineffective and could be harmful to children and should have issued warnings on their products.

Health authorities in Britain and the United States have voiced concern or advised doctors not to prescribe the drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to children under 18 because of a potential suicide risk.

Scientists who say companies had been aware of problems but did not reveal them. See on this website

There is also recent research clearly demonstrating that
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1. MAO inhibitor (such as Parnate® or Nardil®) within the past 2 weeks

2. alcohol.

3. blood thinners such as Coumadin®, digoxin (Lanoxin®),

4. Tryptophan

5. medicines that can make you sleepy, such as sleeping pills, some cold or allergy medicines,

6. strong pain killers, muscle relaxers, or tranquilizers.

7. Thioridazine

8. It can substantially elevate serum caffeine levels. Patients who continue their same level of coffee, tea, or cola ingestion while taking this drug could suffer caffeine intoxication.

There is a highly effective treatment alternative to Prozac.

For over 35 years I have worked with ADHD children and their families. Having been an  ADHD child myself, I have a personal interest in this area.

Current explanations of the disorder never fit my experience or the children I saw. It always seemed contradictory that children who could not attend to school work could play computer games for hours, though both activities use the same areas of the brain. This stimulated years of  research and rethinking  of ADHD theory and treatment.  From this I developed my new (patented) and highly effective, drug free, Computer Aided Emotional Restructuring (CAER) treatment  and wrote my books, ADHD: Drug-free and Doin' Fine and , ADHD: A Path to Success to explain it. Learn how ADHD is not a defect, deficit or a disorder, but a highly skilled short-term defense mechanism that backfires in the long-run. Read more than 40 Amazon.com “customer reviews” of my book and treatment.   The most typical response when people read the book is “That makes so much more sense than anything else I have read”, “You describe my child exactly”.

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