Prozac may have adverse side effects

The drama of a likely Prozac recall gets interesting each day. First of all, the papers that established a link between Prozac and suicidal behavior disappeared, and reappeared, were then declared as nothing new by Eli Lilly.

Now Harvard psychiatrist is charging in a USA Today interview that Americans were treated as guinea pigs by Eli Lilly. Sounds like how Merck has treated Americans in the Vioxx recall case.
Dr. David Graham, associate director in the FDA's Office of Drug Safety, and a hero for exposing the mess in the Vioxx recall case, also reviewed Prozac's safety record in 1990. "Lilly excluded so many cases of suicidal behavior that I felt a problem couldn't be ruled out," he said while speaking to Marilyn Elias of USA TODAY.

The FDA is still reviewing the new Prozac documents.