Timeline Tuesday 29 December 1987

Events on Tuesday 29 December 1987 1

• 1987 Prozac approved by the FDA Fluoxetine becomes the first widely prescribed SSRI antidepressant The US Food and Drug Administration approved fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, for the treatment of depression. It was the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor to reach mass use and transformed the treatment of depression and anxiety. Prozac became one of the best-selling and most culturally discussed drugs of the following decade.