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What is Fluoxetine?

Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. It is used to treat major depressive disorder, moderate to severe bulimia nervosa, obsessive compulsive and panic disorders. Off label used with selective mutism and dementia related agitation.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 544 100
Treat my mood condition(s) 213 35
Other 75 15
Anxiety 56 13
Fatigue 28 2
Fibromyalgia 27 5

See all 968 patients currently taking Fluoxetine


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
17 9%
Moderate
33 18%
Mild
51 28%
None
81 45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sexual dysfunction
54 30%
Anxiety
24 13%
Jitteriness
23 13%
Emotional numbness
23 13%
Nausea
22 12%
Vivid dreams
20 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Fluoxetine. See all 29 dosages ►

  20mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 10 mg weekly 2 mg daily 20 mg weekly 3.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg/5 mL daily 90 mg weekly 15 mg daily 20 mg/5 mL daily 20 mg daily 23 mg daily 25 mg daily 200 mg weekly 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 3 x 20 mg/5 mL daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 240 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 24 Number of Patients: 24 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 104 Number of Patients: 104 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 353 Number of Patients: 353 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 31 Number of Patients: 31 292 Number of Patients: 292 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 90 Number of Patients: 90 41 Number of Patients: 41 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluoxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
116 44% Did not seem to work: 44%
Side effects too severe
69 26% Side effects too severe: 26%
Doctor's advice
68 26% Doctor's advice: 26%
Other
55 21% Other: 21%
Personal research
16 6% Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended
12 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Expense
9 3% Expense: 3%
Not indicated
8 3% Not indicated: 3%

See all 253 patients who’ve stopped taking Fluoxetine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fluoxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
27
41
86
89
206

Stopped Taking Fluoxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
30
38
18
46
39
79

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
143 79%
Usually
38 21%
Sometimes
1 1%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
12 7%
Somewhat
21 12%
A little
34 19%
Not at all
115 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 1%
$50-99
1 1%
$25-49
11 6%
< $25
111 61%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.