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What is Paroxetine?

Paroxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant used in the treatment of depression as well as anxiety disorders. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 28 0
Anxiety 10 0
Emotional lability 6 4
General health 2 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0
frequent crying 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 25%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 75%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Paroxetine. See all 11 dosages

  daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Paroxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%
Doctor's advice
1 33% Doctor's advice: 33%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Paroxetine

Currently Taking Paroxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
4
3
17

Stopped Taking Paroxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
1
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 25%
Not at all
3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.