Many commonly prescribed drugs have surprising other uses. Jan 10, 2011 -- Prozac is one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants, but according to a new study, it also shows great promise in the ...

JERUSALEM (CBS.MW) - Teva Pharmaceuticals said Sunday that it received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Fluoxetine tablets, a generic version of Ely Lilly's Prozac ...

Increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies. Advise families and caregivers of the need for close observation and communication ...

Fluoxetine is used for the treatment of major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa and panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia. Strides’ wholly owned subsidiary, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CBS.MW) -- Eli Lilly's first-quarter profit plunged 22 percent as generic Prozac continued to hurt sales, the drugmaker reported Monday. But Eli Lilly's stock closed higher after the ...

Eli Lilly biochemist David Wong (left) played an instrumental role in the discovery of Prozac. Source: Oregon State University, used with permission In the history of psychiatry, a few discoveries can ...

WASHINGTON — A six-year court fight over rights to the lucrative depression drug Prozac ended Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating drug maker Eli Lilly Co.'s patent. Generic ...

Drugs have a chemical name, a generic name and a brand name. Here's N-methyl-3-phenyl-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]propan-1-amine (chemical)/ fluoxetine (generic) / Prozac (brand) Tom Varco Creative ...

Q: I wrote to the Food and Drug Administration about the side effects of generic Prozac (fluoxetine). When I take this generic antidepressant, I think about suicide a lot. I never heard back from the ...

Because Prozac was so safe—and the risk of drug-drug interactions minimal—doctors began prescribing it to patients with milder symptoms, those to whom they might have hesitated to prescribe a ...