prozac

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Eli Lilly trademark name for fluoxetine
{i} widely-used antidepressant drug (Medicine)
Prozac is a drug that is used to treat people who are suffering from depression. a type of drug used for treating depression (=when you feel very unhappy) and anxiety (=when you feel very worried). First of the class of antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), generic name fluoxetine hydrochloride. Introduced in 1986 as a treatment for clinical depression, Prozac is also used to treat a variety of other psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder and bulimia nervosa. The drug, taken as a pill, apparently achieves its therapeutic effect by interfering with the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter serotonin within the brain
a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac)
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