Paroxetine (SSRI: Seroxat, Peroxat, Paxil, Aropax, Deroxat, Pondera, Cebrilin, Aropax )
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Paroxetine or paroxetine hydrochloride is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. Prozac was invented at Eli Lilly. It was released in 1992 by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and has since become one of the most prescribed antidepressants on the market, used to treat depression as well as a spectrum of 'anxiety disorders' ranging from panic attacks to phobias.

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Bob Fiddaman

Committee on the Safety of Medicines & GSK Ties

The Risks Outweigh the Benefits - An Interview with Bob Fiddaman

Trail Of Paxil Suicides Leads To GlaxoSmithKline By Evelyn Pringle

US Justice Dept. Investigation of Glaxo-Paxil Widens Of note, a recently unsealed court document, an expert report by Harvard psychiatrist, Joseph Glenmullen, MD, reveals that GSK knew as early as 1989 that there was an 8-fold increased risk of suicide for patients taking Paxil

Maker: Eli Lilly  Glaxo SmithKline

Interviews
 [2002 Interview] Prozac, Suicide---Dr. Healy

Articles

Trade Names
Aropax or Oxetine in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Brazil
Aroxat or Aroxat CR in Chile
Cebrilin in Latin America
Deroxat in Switzerland and France
Paroxat in Germany and Hungary
Paxil or Paxil CR in the United States, Canada, Argentina and Brazil
Pondera in Brazil
Seroxat in Austria, Belgium, Greece, Israel, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, the UK and China.

External
Cindy's blog
Bob Fiddaman blog

Seroxat Secrets

GSK : Licence To (K) ill