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Brand Names: Actan, Fluxene, Lorien, Lovan, Prozac, Prozac Weekly, Tuneluz

What is Fluoxetine? Fluoxetine is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Fluoxetine affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

285 patients in the community are taking or have taken Fluoxetine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 161 56%
Other 52 18%
Fatigue 16 5%
Mood swings 10 3%
General health 8 2%
Emotional lability 5 1%
Anxiety 4 1%
disease-related symptoms 3 1%
Don't know 2 <1%
Pain 2 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%
Stiffness/spasticity 1 <1%
ocd 1 <1%
Slow my MS progress 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Fluoxetine.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg Daily 5 mg Daily 10 mg Daily 20 mg Daily 25 mg Daily 30 mg Daily 40 mg Daily 50 mg Daily 60 mg Daily 80 mg Daily 100 mg Daily 200 mg Daily 400 mg Daily
  16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 33 Number of Patients: 33 83 Number of Patients: 83 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 72 Number of Patients: 72 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Fluoxetine or how long patients were taking Fluoxetine before stopping.

Currently taking Fluoxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
13
21
20
32
88

Stopped taking Fluoxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
5
5
1
4
7
10
Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluoxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 12 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Other 8 25% Other: 25%
Side effects too severe 6 19% Side effects too severe: 19%
Doctor's advice 5 16% Doctor's advice: 16%
Personal research 2 6% Personal research: 6%
Not indicated 2 6% Not indicated: 6%
Expense 1 3% Expense: 3%
Course of treatment ended 1 3% Course of treatment ended: 3%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 23 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 46% 6
Moderate 31% 4
Slight 15% 2
Can't tell 8% 1

Depression

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 4% 1
Moderate 4% 1
Mild 30% 7
None 61% 14

Top reported side-effects include: Sexual Side Effects, Emotional Numbness, Sexual dysfunction

Summary results are based on 23 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 23)

  • metameric
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • metameric
  • by metameric
    Aug 25, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Other

  • change
    Sex: F
    Flare-up: Moderate
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • change
  • by change
    Aug 26, 2008
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Support another treatment

See all evaluation results for Fluoxetine



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