Do any other SSRI's also contain large amounts of flouride?

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Hi Yehuda, & All,

 

Yehuda wrote:

> Do any other SSRI's also contain large amounts of flouride?

 

See: http://tinyurl.com/d5sn9t

 

Most do, but WWW suggests other antidepressant classes may not.

 

If you want to check out the fluorine content of any drug:

 

(1) Find out its generic name - the name of the active compound.

 

(2) Find out its CHEMICAL FORMULA

 

Then search Google with the trade name, or generic name, or formula,

combined with the term fluorine OR fluoride.

 

For example, Prozac has the chemical formula: C17H18F3NO.

WWW gives its molecular weight as: 309.

It has 3 F atoms (atomic weight of F = 18).

 

Therefore, the F% in Prozac = (100 * 309) / (3 * 18) = 17.45%.

 

This is slightly higher than was cited in my earlier letter (16.5%)

 

Best regards,

 

[Guest guest]

Phil, except the F does not release in prozac