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According to the complaint, a nurse practitioner prescribed Adderall to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He was also prescribed two antidepressants: Prozac and Wellbutrin. In addition, Edwards was taking Accutane, a powerful anti-acne drug. Three of these drugs have been linked with heightened suicide risk. In Edwards’ case, that the suicide happened on campus led to its direct association with Harvard...
...years ago, Jamie Nesi, a case manager for special-ed children in Bellport, N.Y., received a diagnosis of mild depression. Her doctor prescribed a low dose of Prozac, which eased her symptoms. In 2005, Nesi, then 33, got pregnant, and at her gynecologist's recommendation, she discontinued the medication. For the first two trimesters, things went smoothly. "It was my first child, and everyone said I was having a perfect pregnancy," said Nesi in a phone interview...
...still have those novels today, but we also now have Prozac. But there’s not since been a voice quite as irrepressible as Holden?...
...there (yet), but the drugs have taken flight and soared far beyond the depressed patients for whom they were initially approved. Doctors have prescribed them to everyone from pensioners to preteens for everything from PMS to fear of public speaking. Prozac is used even in veterinary medicine, for dogs that seem down in the dumps...
...depressed Americans don't get the treatment they need. On that score, experts say, prospective patients ought not to be scared off by the skepticism over antidepressants and should consult their doctors to find a course of treatment. In the nearly two decades since he published Listening to Prozac, Kramer notes, the standards of care have risen and the options have increased. "If people are doing badly," he tells TIME, "there are lots of good resources. They ought to turn to them...