As Published on the Zoloft Lawsuit Website

The increase in the use of antidepressant has been increasing over the last 10 years, federal government statistics suggest. They are already from year to year among the most prescribed medications. People with anxiety, depression and personality disorders have been treated with them for improving their mood. The different formulations of these drugs have different effects and the most recent are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are increasingly becoming more popular.

People are familiar with SSRIs under the brand names of Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft. Zoloft was released by the manufacturing company Pfizer

during the '90s. Zoloft, together with other antidepressants in the market, has been linked with the blood pressure increase in women who

are pregnant with child.

The family doctor remains almost always the first one that most people go to when they

have medical or mental health queries and not to a psychiatrist. Initial assessments and diagnoses of mental health problems are

frequently done by general practitioners and they may even prescribe medications when needed. Many experts say that the growing

use of antidepressants has been brought about by the massive campaign for its use on different media. The rising concerns of

antidepressant use have made psychiatrists thoroughly evaluate the medications of their

patients in order to remove unnecessary medications.

Zoloft and other SSRIs were thought as happy drugs because they are capable of changing the mood; hence, people have

accepted them freely. The negative reports regarding the use of these drugs have started to raise some concerns from the public, especially those regarding the safety of these drugs. Until recently, the

use of antidepressants in children has not been an issue. Their effectiveness was put

in question and researches were conducted to understand their impact.

The public are made aware of the difference in the brands with their various

risks and benefits. Side effects such as increasing suicidal tendencies among

young men and women, especially those aged 24 and below, have made parents

worry about their teens using Zoloft.

How SSRIs work on mood disorders were basically a puzzle. However, it was later found that people with depression have low serotonin levels in the brain. The difference in reaction to the drug by a good number of patients have led some experts to believe that this theory needs more study. Some patients reported to have

experienced relief from symptoms but was cut short.

Those who have taken the drug for more than two years have complained that they had felt not

anything better at all. There is even high possibility of developing tolerance. The

worsening of their depression after years of using it have led them to file a Zoloft lawsuit

against Pfizer.