Commonly-Prescribed Antidepressants Are Extremely Dangerous for Some

Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating any possible prozac lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Prozac (paroxetine), to recover for suicides or homicides--some completed, some only attempted--by patients in the first few days or weeks after they were prescribed Prozac. Prozac medication is in the same family, called SSRIs, for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Prozac is commonly prescribed for depression, and Prozac works by increasing the amount of a chemical called serotonin in the brain.

The actions against the drug companies claim that the companies knew--but failed to warn physicians and patients--that a small number of patients will experience a condition called akathisia, an overwhelming physical and mental restlessness, shortly after they begin taking Prozac. Other patients may, after beginning Prozac, find themselves sufficiently energized to harm themselves, but not yet helped enough by Prozac to control their destructive thoughts. Attorneys representing the patients or their survivors in Prozac Lawsuits have discovered documents the companies hid--documents showing that these risks exist for Prozac.

Prozac Documents Show Reasons For Lawsuit

The documents discovered about Prozac are particularly revealing:

1. In 1990, Eli Lilly scientists were pressured by corporate executives to alter records on physicians' experiences with Prozac, changing mentions of suicide attempts to "overdose" and suicidal thoughts to "depression."

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