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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. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Depressed mood 958 273 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Major Depressive Disorder 435 93 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 219 53 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 134 52 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Dysthymia 104 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) 88 14 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1738 patients currently taking Fluoxetine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 70
Moderate
 104
Mild
 162
None
 225

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Fluoxetine

Sexual dysfunction 62
Emotional numbness or flatness 35
Nausea 34
Anxious mood 31
Vivid dreams 25
Jittery feeling 23
See all 179 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fluoxetine. See all 43 dosages ►

  daily 10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily
  19 Number of Patients: 19 6 Number of Patients: 6 218 Number of Patients: 218 641 Number of Patients: 641 52 Number of Patients: 52 530 Number of Patients: 530 6 Number of Patients: 6 187 Number of Patients: 187 87 Number of Patients: 87 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluoxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 327   Did not seem to work: 46%
Side effects too severe 194   Side effects too severe: 27%
Doctor's advice 180   Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 141   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 40   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 37   Personal research: 5%
Expense 22   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 12   Not indicated: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 11   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 691 patients who’ve stopped taking Fluoxetine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fluoxetine

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

Stopped Taking Fluoxetine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fluoxetine

Always
 428 76%
Usually
 102 18%
Sometimes
 15 3%
Never
 16 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fluoxetine

Very
 21 4%
Somewhat
 45 8%
A little
 85 15%
Not at all
 410 73%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fluoxetine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 0%
$50-99
 6 2%
$25-49
 28 8%
< $25
 326 90%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.