Prozac Over the Counter?

jerry submitted, created time 7 months 1 week (www.time.com)

Antidepressants are widely prescribed, cheap and safe. So should we sell them like aspirin? Bioethicist Josephine Johnston responds...

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Growing Up to Prozac: Drug makes new neurons mature faster

Sue Wu submitted, created time 10 months 4 weeks (www.sciencenews.org)

Peter Pan won't be pleased to hear the latest theory about how Prozac works. A new study shows that the antidepressant stimulates growth of neurons in the hippocampus and speeds the young brain cells toward maturity. The maturation process could be the mechanism by which the drug relieves depression.

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