Fish on Prozac?

From: Legume <none@yerbiz.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2003 9:24 PM

Fish on Prozac? How depressing!

Antidepressant ingredient detected in Texas lake water

DALLAS, Oct. 23 ~ What could be more peaceful, more restful or more
relaxing than dropping a line into a quiet Texas lake and trying to hook
a fish that is on Prozac? According to a study by a Baylor University
toxicologist, fluoxetine ~ the active ingredient in the antidepressant
Prozac ~ is making its way to a lake in the Dallas area and into the
tissue of the freshwater blue gill fish.

BRYAN BROOKS, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Baylor
said the fluoxetine most likely made its way through a waste water
treatment plant and into a river that feeds into Lake Lewisville,
northwest of Dallas.

Brooks will present his findings next month at a conference of the
Geological Society of America in Seattle.

While he has been asked several times about whether fish on Prozac find
pleasure in floating aimlessly and no pain when hooked by a fisherman,
Brooks said the most important part of his findings are that some
pharmaceuticals can make their way through water treatment plants and
back into waterways.

Brooks said the fluoxetine, and a metabolized compound similar to it,
most likely made their way into the water systems from the urine of users
or through people flushing Prozac down the toilet. The waste water
facility was not equipped to remove the compounds, which then made their
way into the blue gills, and perhaps other aquatic life.

"If we release something in the environment, we need to understand what
will happen to it,o/oo Brooks said.

Brooks said his findings lead to a bevy of other questions: How many
pharmaceuticals can escape water treatment? Can these chemicals harm the
water supply? How widespread is the problem? What long-term health
effects might these pharmaceuticals have on aquatic life and humans?
But, unfortunately, the nonscientific community seems to be more
interested in the idea of fish on Prozac.

Brooks said the exposure of the fish to fluoxetine is below therapeutic
levels. He is studying how current exposure might affect the ability of
the fish to find food, fight off predators and find a mate.

And if the blue gills were exposed to enough of the antidepressant, the
drug would likely have similar effects in the fish that it does in
humans.

"They would be happy fish,o/oo Brooks said.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/984141.asp?cp1=1#BODY

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Subject: Re: Fish on Prozac?
From: "Rev. Beergoggles" <spammers_suck@post.replies.please>

> Brooks said the fluoxetine, and a metabolized compound similar to it,
> most likely made their way into the water systems from the urine of users
> or through people flushing Prozac down the toilet.

That's either a lot of smart kids saying NO to drugs or
one hell of a lot of people on prozac.

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rbg

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Subject: Re: Fish on Prozac?
From: "iDRMRSR" <idrmrsr@subgenius.com>

Snicker not!

I've read some articles where, to assess the quality of sewer systems in
major cities, scientists have attempted to plot the concentration of
CAFFEINE in bay waters as a proxy for how much human excrement spills forth.
The theory is, only humankind is dumb enough to pay $3 for a cup of
Starbucks, hence, any free caff floating around dribbled out of a human
orifice.

This may be a better approximation! Just measure the Prozac levels, and you
can reverse compute the load on the shithouse systems. Brilliant!

I don't think that Prozac actually breaks down into any metabolites once you
take it, either. It is a serotonin uptake inhibitor, which means your
body's nerve endings don't eat their own shit as fast as they would without
taking the Prozac. And when the nerve shit collects in your synapses,
strangely, you feel happy.

Just like a baby feels all warm and happy sitting on a full diaper. Golly
how that makes them smile. It also makes a lot of fetishists smile, too,
judging by some of the links I see posted here.

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From: "Rev. Beergoggles" <spammers_suck@post.replies.please>

iDRMRSR did pass the time by typing:
> Snicker not!

Too late.

> I don't think that Prozac actually breaks down into any metabolites once you
> take it, either. It is a serotonin uptake inhibitor, which means your
> body's nerve endings don't eat their own shit as fast as they would without
> taking the Prozac. And when the nerve shit collects in your synapses,
> strangely, you feel happy.

I'd feel happier if they just stopped using drugs on people without
fully understanding the consequences. ...take your medicine... ...be happy...
...be productive... ...your life is fun... ...happy people are productive people...
...report unhappy people to your local happy enforcement officer...

No!, I'm not unhap*THWACK*. Here Sir, take your meds. NO! NO I I i*THWACK*
*THWACK**THWACK**THWACK**THWACK**THWACK**STOMP**THWACK**THWACK**THWACK**THWACK*
*THWACK**KICK**THWACK**THWACK**PUNCH**THWACK**THWACK**THWACK**PUNCH**THWACK*
By golly he put up quite a struggle, but now that the subject has been medicated
he looks so peaceful now. We'll just let him rest there.

> Just like a baby feels all warm and happy sitting on a full diaper. Golly
> how that makes them smile. It also makes a lot of fetishists smile, too,
> judging by some of the links I see posted here.

Whilst I don't care for sittin in my own poop, nothing beats taking a great
HUGE BoB inspired toilet-breaking half-roll of paper using dimension-shattering
mind-bending dump.

Now if you scuse me. I gotta go poop.

POOP!

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rbg

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