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A conspiracy of good intentions.(Prozac as a Way of Life)(Book Review)
Prozac as a Way of Life, edited by Carl Elliott and Tod Chambers; University of North Carolina Press, 2004, about $35.
PROZAC, as Carl Elliott writes in the introduction to Prozac as a Way of Life, may have begun life as a brand name for the active ingredient fluoxetine, but it is now a brand name for all the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and, by extension, for an entire lifestyle.
When people say Prozac they may well be talking about something else, for Prozac has been so successful since it was first put on the market that it has reared offspring: Paxil (paroxetine), Luvox (fluvoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), Effexor (venlefaxine) and ...
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