Posted by Bill LL on October 28, 2003, at 14:51:59
In reply to Been on ssris 5 years. Will this hurt me?, posted by ian24 on October 27, 2003, at 23:32:18
I believe that SSRI's, starting with Prozac, have been widely used since 1989. Eventhough that's only 14 years, I think that SSRI's will prove to be safe over the long run for 2 reasons:
1) after 14 years, with so many millions of people using SSRI's, you would think that at least some would show long term adverse effects if there were any
2) MRI's of the brains of depressed people show an abnormality (a shrinkage) in a certain region which goes back to normal after SSRI usage.
poster:Bill LL
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