Archive for January, 2011
January 20, 2011
Prozac is one of the best-known SSRI antidepressants. Whether judging by its references in movies and television to the actual number of prescriptions filled (22.2 million in 2007), Prozac (the tradename of fluoxetine) generally falls in the top three. Only sertraline (Zoloft) and escitalopram (Lexapro) were more popular. Some of ...
January 4, 2011
For many people, winter brings the promise of holidays spent with the family, hot chocolate, and possibly even a snow day. However, for others, winter is a time when they begin to slip into a unique depressive disorder. This condition was first named in 1984 by Norman E. Rosenthal, who ...