1.   Fluoxetine is the generic name for Prozac, the widely prescribed anti-depressant that is also often prescribed to help alcoholics stop drinking.

2.   Herbs can be prescribed to help cut mucus production, ease bronchospasms and coughing or build up the immune system, Firshein adds.

3.   Kurth says she was addicted to amphetamines doctors had prescribed to help her battle narcolepsy.

4.   Prozac and other antidepressants and mood-altering drugs are prescribed to help us do our jobs better and buy more stuff.

5.   The drug is usually prescribed to help severely obese people lose weight, but also acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system.