DANGERS OF PROZAC HAVE BEEN HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC

It is plane to see that it is Jolene Farkas who is misinformed["Don't lump
Prozac in with mind-bending drugs,"Letters,Aug. 6].Prozac is one of the most
insidious drugs ever created.

In the first year Prozac was released widely there were over 1,600 deaths
linked to the drug. Even the FDA said that figure represented only about 10
percent of the actual deaths attributed to Prozac. But Eli Lily (Prozac's
manufacturer) and the drug's advocates are making billions of dollars off
sales to a misinformed and ignorant public and so it remains in use,
destroying more lives every year.

There are many alternatives to Prozac and other psychiatric drugs that won't
end in a damaged mind or life. The book, "Psychiatry: The Ultimate
Betrayal," by BruceWisman, is a good first step.

Mark Ferguson Yorba Linda