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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,950 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 08:35 PM 19 hrs ago

RFK Jr targets Zoloft and Prozac in latest MAHA push to kick America's drug habit

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting antidepressants — including popular medications like Zoloft and Prozac — in his latest push to reduce Americans’ dependence on prescription drugs.

On Monday, the department announced a series of changes aimed at encouraging health care providers to help patients taper off drugs and consider nonpharmaceutical alternatives.

“Today, we take clear and decisive action to confront our nation’s mental health crisis by addressing the overuse of psychiatric medications — especially among children,” Kennedy, a longtime skeptic of psychiatric drugs, said in a press release.

In a Dear Colleague Letter, the department urged physicians to make informed consent a priority and to routinely review the risks and benefits of psychiatric medications with patients. The letter also emphasizes nonmedication approaches, including psychotherapy, nutrition, physical activity and family support.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-targets-zoloft-prozac-152554363.html

I guess heroin and ketamine are okay in his book.

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RFK Jr targets Zoloft and Prozac in latest MAHA push to kick America's drug habit (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago OP
When Trump is gone Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #1
The same guy who snorted coke off Luciferous 18 hrs ago #2
Guess that's what the dead raccoon penis was for? Initech 18 hrs ago #3
No one wants me off my Effexor. xmas74 18 hrs ago #4
They will have to pry my meds out of my cold dead hands. LisaL 18 hrs ago #5

xmas74

(30,077 posts)
4. No one wants me off my Effexor.
Tue May 5, 2026, 09:14 PM
18 hrs ago

No one.


Maybe they need to take a group of us, take us off our meds cold turkey and lock us in a room with him. I'd make him cry in 20 minutes.

LisaL

(47,486 posts)
5. They will have to pry my meds out of my cold dead hands.
Tue May 5, 2026, 09:17 PM
18 hrs ago

It's ironic that a guy who admitted snoring cocaine of toilet seats claims to be concerned about legal medications.

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