Talk:Fluoxetine
From Academic Kids
I hear about scientologists being behind the Prozac Truth website, can anyone confirm?
According to Prozac.com (http://www.prozac.com/), Prozac is the best thing since sliced bread.
According to ProzacTruth.com (http://www.prozactruth.com/), Prozac is a creation of Devil.
Prozac.com is, of course, strongly biased. It's just an advertisement. But is ProzacTruth.com biased as well, only from a different angle? Is the real truth somewhere between prozac.com and prozactruth.com?
I am about to treat my depression with Fluoxetine hydrochloride and it is very important to me to have as objective knowledge as possible, before I start any treatment. -- Unknown author, Jan 2003
- If it's objectivity you need, you're in the wrong place ;^) Jordan Langelier
- Why? And better yet, what would you recommend as a balanced alternative? (for an opinion, obviously.) --Gutza 21:33, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
"The controversial Prozac approval process described, as well as side effects of other SSRIs and other types of medication, can be found on Prozac Truth, The Untold Story website."
I am not about to treat anything with Prozac, I was just curious about the drug, and the quotation above looks pretty POV to me, that site doesn't look so trustworthy as to invest it with such a powerful statement from Wikipedia. Other thoughts? --Gutza 22:59, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Me again. I went ahead and edited, removing that paragraph altogether and replacing it with a NPOV pointer to the resources. I have no bias whatsoever regarding this drug, feel free to revert if you think that was too drastic. --Gutza 23:06, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Truth is not the averaging of polarized opinions. Truth is just truth. If you value your health and your sanity, seek the truth and don't settle for less - there is a road out of mental illness. However, the solution to depression does not include side effects such as suicide and depression.
" Lawsuits amounting to millions were instigated, alleging the drug made users feel suicidal and/or caused other serious side effects." You may want to look into rewording this phrase. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I read that their was a link between suicide and prozac, not that it caused suicidal feelings. The latter implies that it physically made users feel suicidal which might be true, but I thought that the issue was that it numbed the emotions and social attachment in already depressed people. \
