Prozac produces HUGE increases in cortisol to impair growth
Irish guy you are exactly correct in that Prozac (but in fact all antidepressants) will stunt growth. I believe that is mainly due to the huge increase in cortisol the drugs produce - a doubling of cortisol with only one 30mg dose! I have written. lectured, done media interviews, etc. - basicaly doing anything I can think of to get this information out since the early 90's. Here is an article I put out back in 1997 three years after the first edition of my book Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? was published. http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-babies/
There is far more about the damaging physical effects of these drugs in this article, but this is the part that touched on growth. Also due to this impairment of development I have seen MANY young people become gay on these drugs:
Parents need to be aware of the drugs' damaging effects upon their children's bodies as well. This drastic increase in cortisol causes a multitude of serious physical reactions including impairment of linear growth, as well as impairing the development and regeneration of the liver, kidneys, muscles, etc.
Irish guy you are exactly correct in that Prozac (but in fact all antidepressants) will stunt growth. I believe that is mainly due to the huge increase in cortisol the drugs produce - a doubling of cortisol with only one 30mg dose! I have written. lectured, done media interviews, etc. - basicaly doing anything I can think of to get this information out since the early 90's. Here is an article I put out back in 1997 three years after the first edition of my book Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? was published. http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-babies/
There is far more about the damaging physical effects of these drugs in this article, but this is the part that touched on growth. Also due to this impairment of development I have seen MANY young people become gay on these drugs:
Parents need to be aware of the drugs' damaging effects upon their children's bodies as well. This drastic increase in cortisol causes a multitude of serious physical reactions including impairment of linear growth, as well as impairing the development and regeneration of the liver, kidneys, muscles, etc.