{"id":118913,"date":"2023-09-19T08:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118913"},"modified":"2023-09-19T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:40:45","slug":"russians-are-depressed-by-putins-war-but-have-run-out-of-prozac-to-treat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/russians-are-depressed-by-putins-war-but-have-run-out-of-prozac-to-treat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians are depressed by Putins war &#8211; but have run out of Prozac to treat it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depressed Russians are in crisis mode after the country ran out of medication to help cope with it.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier this year, we reported how Russia had a mental health crisis brought on by its invasion of Ukraine which resulted in the country being cut of from the majority of the Western world. And as a result of that, it now appears that the drug Prozac, commonly used to help treat depression, is now about to be out of stock.<\/p>\n<p>According to Russia news outlet RBC, only four of Moscow&apos;s 2,400 pharmacies has any stock left, while two out of 1,300 in St Petersburg have it available. The county&apos;s stock piles ran out in June after sanctions were introduced, and Russian usage of it grew to record levels in 2022 \u2013 a 63% increase on the year before.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Vladimir Putin is a &apos;second Hitler&apos; warns Zelenskyy amid fears of Third World War<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For more news from the bizarre world of Russia, including when Putin showed off a walrus doing &apos;sit-ups&apos; for Kim Jong-un, click here.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30973825.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperts attribute the increase in sales of antidepressants in general to the anxiety of Russians due to the news and economic background, the special military operation in Ukraine and the consequences of sanctions,\u201d said the RBC report.<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s health ministry has approved around a dozen alternative anti-depression medicines containing fluoxetine as a result of the shortage. However, the ministry claimed there was \u201cno shortage\u201d of other drugs despite the absence of Prozac.\u200c<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30973823.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_RUSSIA-HISTORY-WWII-ANNIVERSARY-PARADE.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30960670.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_kimjong.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Kim Jong-un taken to watch walrus doing &apos;sit-ups&apos; as Putin shows him Russian culture<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Russians face increasing shortages of top Western goods due to sanctions and self-imposed curbs on sales.\u200c US company Eli Lilly, which produces Prozac, announced it was leaving the Russian market in March of this year amid Putin\u2019s ongoing military operation<\/p>\n<p>Russia is also suffering a shortage of cardiovascular drugs as Western companies limit supplies. Medicines to treat drugs for viral hepatitis C have also vanished from the Russian market, as have medicines for epilepsy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 30 per cent of people with HIV in Russia will be able to receive antiretroviral therapy with the money remaining in the 2023 budget,\u201d reported Verstka.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i>here<i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/russians-heavily-depressed-putins-war-30973821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depressed Russians are in crisis mode after the country ran out of medication to help cope with it. Earlier this year, we reported how Russia had a mental health crisis brought on by its invasion of Ukraine which resulted in the country being cut of from the majority of the Western world. 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