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Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alterna (edició 2001)

de Joseph Glenmullen

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Roughly 28 million Americans -- one in every ten -- have taken Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil or a similar antidepressant, yet very few patients are aware of the dangers of these drugs, nor are they aware that better, safer alternatives exist. Now Harvard Medical School's Dr. Joseph Glenmullen documents the ominous long-term side effects associated with these and other serotonin-boosting medications. These side effects include neurological disorders, such as disfiguring facial and whole-body tics that can indicate brain damage; sexual dysfunction in up to 60 percent of users; debilitating withdrawal symptoms, including visual hallucinations, electric shock-like sensations in the brain, dizziness, nausea, and anxiety; and a decrease of antidepressant effectiveness in about 35 percent of long-term users. In addition, Dr. Glenmullen's research and riveting case studies shed shocking new light on the direct link between these drugs and suicide and violence. "Prozac Backlash" provides authoritative,balanced information on the efficacy of these drugs, explaining how they react chemically in the body, when they should and should not be prescr… (més)
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Títol:Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alterna
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Glenmullen responds spiritedly and sometimes angrily to the popularity of Peter Kramer's Listening to Prozac, which Glenmullen describes as an endorsement of Prozac as a safe, effective treatment for mild depressive illness, as well as a helpful cure for shyness and nail biting. After carefully reading Kramer, I think that Glenmullen's judgment is a bit harsh and overstated; however, he has done a fine job of researching and presenting the serious side effects of antidepressant drugs, as well as presenting evidence of the effective use of non-drug therapies.

The list of side effects is nothing to sniff at: possible neurological disorders (whole-body tics, permanent in up to fifty percent of users), withdrawal symptoms in fifty percent of users, sexual dysfunction in sixty percent of users, dependence, chemical lobotomy (destruction of nerve endings), return of symptoms while still taking the drug in thirty-four percent of users, and precipitated suicidal & violent behavior in some users. The most startling aspect of these symptoms is that they were not included in the literature given to doctors by drug companies and that most patients were never given the option of an informed decision. Glenmullen points out that some doctors will add more drugs to a patient's regimen to suppress side effects, rather than discontinuing or lowering the dosage of the offending medication.

I recall my sister being given Prozac as an antidote to "teacher burnout." When she reported to her psychologist that she had been suffering delusions (people banging on her windows and walking around in her attic), she was given a prescription for a higher dosage. Instead of filling the prescription, she stopped the medication on her own and sought ways to moderate stress.
Despite my own inclination to condemn use of anti-depressants, I admit that some people's lives have been saved by their use. The problem is not the use of these drugs, but the overuse of them. Drug manufacturers have misrepresented effectiveness and side effects in order to sell more drugs. Glenmullen points out how psychiatrists began to network and share experiences with one another to determine the proper use of these drugs. Long after psychiatric journals began publishing the experiences of psychiatrists and their patients, drug companies continued their denial, and family practice doctors continued to prescribe these drugs based on the information provided to them by drug manufacturers. The drugs were marketed directly to HMOs with the promise that their one-dose-fits-all safety was a way for HMOs to eliminate the need for the more expensive psychiatric treatments.

The fact that just about everyone has a personal story to tell of themselves or friends or family members who have used antidepressants, testifies to the enormously widespread use of a family of drugs whose long-term effects are still not completely understood. Reader reviews of both Prozac Backlash and Listening to Prozac on Amazon.com are a litany of such experiences. ( )
  bookcrazed | Jan 17, 2012 |
Think you need Prozac? Think again! Prozac Backlash reveals what doctors don't tell you and what drug companies don't want you know about some of the most widely prescribed drugs in America. Psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Glenmullen cites clinical studies on Prozac and other antidepressants and discloses a full range of side effects that can occur such as uncontrollable tics similar to Parkinson’s Disease, sexual dysfunction, and debilitating withdrawals that can occur once the medication is stopped. Dr. Glenmullen also explains what depression is and isn’t and tells readers that it’s OK to be sad from time to time. Most importantly there are also some alternative treatments for depression discussed in this book. A must read for anyone who is on or considering the use of antidepressant drugs. ( )
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Roughly 28 million Americans -- one in every ten -- have taken Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil or a similar antidepressant, yet very few patients are aware of the dangers of these drugs, nor are they aware that better, safer alternatives exist. Now Harvard Medical School's Dr. Joseph Glenmullen documents the ominous long-term side effects associated with these and other serotonin-boosting medications. These side effects include neurological disorders, such as disfiguring facial and whole-body tics that can indicate brain damage; sexual dysfunction in up to 60 percent of users; debilitating withdrawal symptoms, including visual hallucinations, electric shock-like sensations in the brain, dizziness, nausea, and anxiety; and a decrease of antidepressant effectiveness in about 35 percent of long-term users. In addition, Dr. Glenmullen's research and riveting case studies shed shocking new light on the direct link between these drugs and suicide and violence. "Prozac Backlash" provides authoritative,balanced information on the efficacy of these drugs, explaining how they react chemically in the body, when they should and should not be prescr

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