maybe they eventually approved it, but they passed on it in 1984: – Three years before Prozac received approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in

maybe they eventually approved it, but they passed on it in 1984: – Three years before Prozac received approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in late 1987, the German BGA, that country’s FDA equivalent, had such serious reservations about Prozac’s safety that it refused to approve the antidepressant based on Lilly’s studies showing that previously nonsuicidal patients who took the drug had a fivefold higher rate of suicides and suicide attempts than those on older antidepressants, and a threefold higher rate than those taking placebos. [1] [1] http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/media/boston_globe_prozac_revisted.htm http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/media/boston_globe_prozac_revi... Two more links from this site ("note-to-self"): https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/prozac-time-line/ https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/prozac-time-line/ https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/our-successes/advocacy-campaigns/ssri-documents/ https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/our-successes/advocacy-campai...