Prozac for better or worse

Rob Moore Tiffany Winman ENG102 9/22/98 Prozac: For Better or Worse In 1987, Eli Lilly unleashed his new super drug for depression, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI), fluoxetine, commonly known as Prozac on the world. Since its release, Prozac has been used by more than twenty million people worldwide. At first it was received as the great cure, a drug that achieved huge success in a short time with few side-effects; however, in the last few …

…case, while some people will argue that Prozac is too readily available, and too quickly prescribed, others will tell you how great their lives became as a result of this “miracle drug.” Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. No one study can tell you whether Prozac will benefit you, all you can do is try. Even with all the bad media though one is left wondering, can twenty million people worldwide be wrong?