Word: prozac
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...popularly as fen/phen. Like fenfluramine, Redux stimulates the production and availability of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is responsible for, among other things, the physical and emotional sense of being satisfied, of having had enough. Serotonin also triggers a more general feeling of well-being (antidepressants like Prozac work on the serotonin system as well); some experts think the mood-elevating effect of Redux and fen/phen probably helps with weight loss...
Recently, positron-emission tomography (PET) scan studies at the UCLA School of Medicine have revealed that either Prozac or cognitive therapy can actually restore normal function in the obsessive-compulsive brain. The scans have documented that ocd patients have abnormal activity in the head of the caudate nucleus, a part of the brain's deep-dwelling basal ganglia, coupled with unusual activity in the orbital prefrontal cortex, just above the eye sockets. The caudate nucleus normally acts as a gatekeeper, determining which thoughts, feelings and behaviors take priority. When it malfunctions, the "worry inputs" generated in the orbital prefrontal region...
DIED. RAY FULLER, 60, co-developer of the antidepressant drug Prozac; of leukemia; in Greenwood, Indiana...
...Move over, Prozac. German and American researchers report the herb known as Saint-John's-wort may be effective in treating DEPRESSION--but only in mild to moderate cases...
...situtation, slap her around and rape her. (This remark is not politically correct and neither is the tone of the play.) After the violation occurs, Cory does the only thing an irresponsible youth is conditioned to do: overdose. Only, like a total fool, she swallows a bottle of Prozac...