Quack doctors blame their reckless, pseudo-scientific negligence on… [checks notes]… Iran.

A single clinical trial of 40 children in Iran, published in 2006, might have wrongly swayed medical evidence in favour of using Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat depression in children and adolescents, a group of researchers say.

  • Fishnoodle@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I started mine as a teenager, and if I stop taking it, I become irritable and violent/aggressive.

    • Illogicalbit@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      We have a teenager who experiences the same. Prozac has been very helpful. Lexapro also worked but was too sedating.