Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9973
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Publication type: Journal Article
Bonner J.
Problem pets can now pop Prozac
New Scientist 2007 May 5; (2602):18
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19426024.500&print=true
Abstract:
Vets have rejected claims by a British animal welfare charity that giving dogs drugs to treat behavioural problems will create a population of “pill-popping pets”.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals expressed alarm at the news that an antidepressant called Reconcile – containing the same serotonin-reuptake inhibitor used in the human drug Prozac – has been licensed for use in dogs by the US Food and Drug Administration…
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