Does Prozac inhibit serotonin production?
Answer:
No.
Prozac is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), which is the same class of drugs as Zoloft.
Prozac works by (believe it or not) inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin in nerve synapses. A primary cause of clinical depression is a failure to produce enough serotonin. So what happens is that SSRIs allow serotonin to stay in the synapses and trigger the serotonin receptors multiple times. This mimics the behavior of a normal synapse, and so allows the person's serotonin-activated neurons to function more normally.
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