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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 Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Depression 37 1
Emotional lability 10 2
Other 5 2
General health 3 0
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 0
Excess saliva 1 0

See all 56 patients currently taking Fluoxetine

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
5 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Fluoxetine. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg/5 mL daily 15 mg daily 20 mg/5 mL daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluoxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 38% Other: 38%
Did not seem to work
2 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice
2 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Personal research
1 13% Personal research: 13%
Not indicated
1 13% Not indicated: 13%

See all 8 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
0
0

Stopped Taking Fluoxetine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 80%
Usually
1 20%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
5 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 40%

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Report created on March 11, 2010.