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Depressive
disorders affect 20 million American adults each year. |
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About
17 percent of Americans will experience a major depression during
their lifetimes. |
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Many
causes include heredity, situational, fundamental imbalance,
environmental, illness, and prescription medications. |
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Prozac,
although no more effective than the other SSRIs (selective-serotonin-reuptake
inhibitors), has been used by 10 million Americans since 1987. |
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It has been estimated that 40% of those who have tried an antidepressant
cannot tolerate the side effects or do not respond to it. |
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A controlled study of over 5,000 women on Paxil were found to
have a seven-fold increased risk of breast cancer (American
Journal of Epidemiology, 2000 |
