Antidepressants: Considering the Side Effects
The FDA approval of Prozac in 1987 marked a revolution in the treatment of depression. Before then, the mainstay of treatment had been talk therapy of the kind originally inspired by Sigmund Freud, and the only medications available were those that had been around since the 1950s—the tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). …