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Fluoxetine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Prozac, Lovan, Seronil (Show all)
Most Popular Brands: Prozac, Lovan, Seronil, Prozac Weekly, Ladose, Tuneluz (Show top 3)
Generic Name: Fluoxetine
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 taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 225 |
|
|
|
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|
39 |
| Depression | 219 |
|
|
|
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|
70 |
| Anxiety | 42 |
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|
|
14 | |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 32 |
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
| Other | 23 |
|
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|
|
4 | |
| Obsessive compulsive disorder OCD | 12 |
|
1 | ||||
| Panic attacks | 8 |
|
|
2 | |||
| General health | 5 |
|
|
2 | |||
| Support another treatment | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Dysthymia | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Depression when not taken correctly | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Social anxiety/phobia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Back pain | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Anorexia nervosa | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle tension | 1 | 0 | |||||
| phobia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Don't know | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Anxiety and Depression | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| lack of energy | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| Despair | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| Nervousness | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fibromyalgia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| help get off venlafaxine | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| Bipolar Disorder | 1 | 0 | |||||
| depression, anxiety & bulemia | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| Suicidal thoughts or urges | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Eating disorder | 1 | 0 | |||||
| none | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Deadened emotions | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Insomnia | 1 |
|
1 |
See all 456 patients currently taking Fluoxetine
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Side Effects
Most commonly reported side effects
|
Sexual dysfunction
|
37 | 43% |
13
12
16
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Emotional numbness
|
22 | 25% |
5
11
8
|
|
Jitteriness
|
17 | 20% |
6
12
7
|
|
Anxiety
|
15 | 17% |
3
11
5
|
|
Nausea
|
15 | 17% |
10
4
3
|
|
Vivid dreams
|
15 | 17% |
6
4
5
|
|
Agitation
|
12 | 14% |
1
8
6
|
|
Depression
|
11 | 13% |
0
6
5
|
|
Headaches
|
9 | 10% |
4
3
3
|
|
Difficulty concentrating (slight)
|
6 | 7% |
3
0
4
|
|
Increased appetite
|
6 | 7% |
3
3
0
|
|
Sleepiness
|
4 | 5% |
2
2
1
|
|
Fatigue
|
3 | 3% |
2
1
1
|
|
Suicidal thoughts or urges
|
3 | 3% |
0
1
2
|
|
Weight gain
|
3 | 3% |
0
1
2
|
|
dry mouth
|
2 | 2% |
2
1
1
|
|
Drowsiness
|
2 | 2% |
0
1
1
|
|
Weight loss
|
2 | 2% |
0
2
0
|
|
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Brain fog
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Sexual impotence
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Slight nausea
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
nothing
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Constipation
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
1
|
|
Somnolence
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Diarrhea
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
intermittent hypomannia
|
1 | 1% |
1
1
0
|
|
Migraine Headaches
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
dysforia
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Hypomania
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
worsening suicidal ideation
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Decreased appetite
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Gas and Bloating
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
1
|
|
bad thoughts
|
1 | 1% |
1
1
0
|
|
bleeding
|
1 | 1% |
1
1
0
|
|
Night sweats
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Jaw clenching
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
difficulty reaching orgasm
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
1
|
|
Visual hallucinations
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Sweating excessive
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
thirst
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
mixed episodes
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Cachexia (Unintended Weight Loss)
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
feeling maniac, rapid heartbeat, grinding teeth
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Suicidal behavior
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Muscle spasms
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Itchy rash
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
introversion
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
hyperness
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Ejaculation difficult
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Hyperventilation
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
buzzy feeling
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
talked too much
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Mania
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Decreased libido
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Sexual side effects
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
anorgasmia
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
1
|
|
Bruising
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Stomach pain
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
unpredictable menstrual cycle
|
1 | 1% |
0
0
1
|
|
Insomnia
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Joint pain
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
|
Hot flashes
|
1 | 1% |
1
0
0
|
|
Sex drive (libido) decreased
|
1 | 1% |
0
1
0
|
- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Fluoxetine. See all 20 dosages ►
All dosages based on patients currently taking Fluoxetine. See top 10 dosages ◄
| 10mg as needed | daily | 1 mg daily | 10 mg weekly | 2 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 20 mg/5 mL daily | 20 mg daily | 23 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 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 | 200 mg daily | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
42
|
2
|
170
|
1
|
2
|
19
|
125
|
5
|
1
|
56
|
27
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
||
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Did not seem to work
|
94 | 50% |
|
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Side effects too severe
|
59 | 31% |
|
|
Doctor's advice
|
54 | 29% |
|
|
Other
|
41 | 22% |
|
|
Course of treatment ended
|
10 | 5% |
|
|
Expense
|
8 | 4% |
|
|
Personal research
|
7 | 4% |
|
|
Not indicated
|
2 | 1% |
|
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Patient Evaluations
See all 130 patient evaluations
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- searchinglikeme
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 41 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
- See profile
-
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- searchinglikeme
- 20 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
-
Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
-
Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I have taken both Prozac and the generic version, fluoxetine, at various times and in various doses. I believe, and my doctor and therapist agree, that the b... See full evaluation
-
- GabrielThePurple
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Moderate
- 19 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Low
- See profile
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- GabrielThePurple
- 20 mg daily
- since Mar 18, 2009
-
Efficacy
Moderate
for Major Depressive Disorder
-
Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips It won't "cure" you, but it does make you more lucid to the world around you. On it is usually better than off it for me. See full evaluation
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- Raphael
- Sex: M
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 23 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- Raphael
- 20 mg daily
- since Mar 19, 2009
-
Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
-
Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Be patient. It takes at least two weaks to start working, and a month to work completely. See full evaluation
See all 130 patient evaluations
Report created on March 22, 2010.
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