TA, Prozac is prescribed for many other illnesses other the "endogeneous depression", which, BTW is an outdated term. The Medical term for depression is Major Depression. Endogeneous depression was a term used years ago to describe what was thought to be "biological depression" as opposed to depression caused by psychosocial factors. The differentiation is no longer used. Prozac is used to treat Major Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Eating Disorder, PMS, certain Anxiety Disorders, and others.
Most of the law suits concerning Prozac were by patients or families that alleged that Prozac caused the patient to do things such as kill themselves or others. It really has nothing to do with the time it takes Prozac to be effective. In fact, many of the cases were from people who had been on Prozac for some time. Not one case was successful.
I think the analogy between Viagra and Prozac is excellent. I remember the Prozac medical/legal frenzy very well, and it is very similar to what is going on with Viagra now. Unfortunately, there are still some patients who also remember the exaggerated media frenzy who are still afraid the take the effective/safe drug Prozac.
The FDA had a hearing on Prozac around that time, and determined there was no causal relationship, just like they have done so far with Viagra.
Again, 31 deaths reported in the Viagra population is way lower than would be expected. The random death rate is much higher. As of this time, there is absolutely no evidence that the drug Viagra caused any of the deaths, outside the few that were the result of mixing viagra with Nitrates.
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