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I am 66 been on prozac20 mg for 5 years is it safe to be on for the rest of my life?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Risk-benefit: No drug has ever been proven as safe if taken forever. Any visit with your current prescriber should question its effects or the main benefits it provides against its risk and/ or possible side effects that can be heightened by the presence of new diseases or new drugs. Otherwise time has the answer to your question.

Answered 5/6/2020

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