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Par Pharmaceutical, a company who makes a generic version of the anti-depressant drug, Prozac, is being sued by the widow of a man who committed suicide while on the drug. The patient allegedly suffered from side effects caused by the drug that made him hear voices and increased his suicidal thoughts and tendencies. This marks one of the first incidences of a generic drug pharmaceutical company being sued for wrongful death.

Prozac: Generic version is target of lawsuit

Indianapolis Star - 4/2/2006 5:14 AM

Prozac lawsuits have gone generic. One of the first wrongful-death claims filed against a seller of generic Prozac is moving toward an October trial in the state of Washington.
 

 
Defendant Par Pharmaceutical began selling a generic form of Prozac soon after Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. lost U.S. patent protection on the antidepressant in 2001.
 
The plaintiff is the widow of a police officer, Douglas Radke, who was taking Par's generic Prozac when he began hearing voices a
 
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