Brightening the Blues Psychologists were often troubled when trying to help patients who saw no hope of ever feeling good about themselves. It made it very difficult to teach those patients ways to handle the problems they faced everyday. Dr. Peter D. Kramer reports, in 1974, the pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company created the drug flouxetine hydrochloride, an antidepressant. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in December of 1987 and is now known …showed first 75 words of 777 total…

…showed last 75 words of 777 total…Prozac made the treatment of depression safer, faster, and cheaper. Although Prozac may not work well for everyone, it has helped a great number of people overcome obstacles in their life. Works Cited Kramer, Peter D. Listening to Prozac. New York: Viking Penguin, 1993. Nichols, Mark. "Questioning Prozac." MacLean's. 23 May 1994: 36-41. Packard, Helen C. Prozac: The Controversial Cure. New York: Rosen, 1998. Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn. Diseases and People: Depression. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, 1997.