How can research prove that Prozac, or any other psycho-tropic drug, causes suicide? if you are taking prozac to begin with, its because you have depression, OCD, etc. People who have depression may already have suicidal thoughts, or made past attempts, which is why they sought our psychiatric help in the first place. Whether or not a drug causes such adverse effects is hard to pin down because we do n't have clones of the subjects that will ultimately prove it was the drug versus the depression.
Today's society is obsessed with disproving the efficacy of psycho-tropic drugs. As researchers, we must look past the cultural trends that fear psycho-tropic drugs. Yes, we must exercise caution when considering any pharmaceutical interventions but let's not discount the positive effects Prozac has had on millions of people. I wonder how many lives it has saved?
Heather
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