I row on a women's recreational crew team. Our ages span from 20s to 70. I'm on the older side. A young woman (age 23) recently joined us, a former college rower who had graduated. She was sitting in front of me during practice and somehow medications came up. I expressed that I don't take any drugs. She said she took her medications before our early morning practice that day because she kept forgetting afterward. She was feeling some effects which she described as a heart flutter which I found alarming in such a young woman. Our practices are very physically challenging. I asked what it was and she said fluoxetine. Not being familiar with the generic name for Prozac I asked what it was for and her response was anxiety. I wanted to shout "no" at her. I know first hand how harmful these drugs are. But of course I could say nothing...
I row on a women's recreational crew team. Our ages span from 20s to 70. I'm on the older side. A young woman (age 23) recently joined us, a former college rower who had graduated. She was sitting in front of me during practice and somehow medications came up. I expressed that I don't take any drugs. She said she took her medications before our early morning practice that day because she kept forgetting afterward. She was feeling some effects which she described as a heart flutter which I found alarming in such a young woman. Our practices are very physically challenging. I asked what it was and she said fluoxetine. Not being familiar with the generic name for Prozac I asked what it was for and her response was anxiety. I wanted to shout "no" at her. I know first hand how harmful these drugs are. But of course I could say nothing...
Most interesting and disturbing. I wonder what the EU equivalent has done.
And if I remember correctly I think they also changed some cardio markers on their fitness tests once the pandemic injections were rolled out.