A Common Antidepressant Might Help Bacteria Become Superbugs
A common antidepressant, sold under the brand name Prozac, could be helping some bacteria build resistance to antibiotics, suggests a new study from Australia. The study, published in Environment International, found that fluoxetine was capable of inducing antibiotic resistance in laboratory strains of Escherichia coli. Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), a class…
