Paxil and Luvox: The background and availablity of SSRI anti-depressant medications in Japan.
“One of the new drugs was British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s medicine Paxil — a so-called “selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor” that boosts the presence in the brain of serotonin, a chemical believed to help regulate mood. Sales of Paxil took off, as did those for another SSRI that debuted in 1999 under the names Luvox and Depromel…”
Mental Health Japan 
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