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What is Fluvoxamine?

Fluvoxamine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is an anti-depressant, most commonly used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. 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
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) 33 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 22 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 16 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Depression with anxiety 9 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Anxious mood 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 67 patients currently taking Fluvoxamine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 13
Mild
 14
None
 12

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

Generalized weakness (asthenia) 5
Flushed 4
Sensitivity to sun 3
Sex drive (libido) decreased 3
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 3
Insomnia 2
See all 31 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 14 Number of Patients: 14 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluvoxamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 14   Doctor's advice: 38%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 35%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 24%
Other 8   Other: 22%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 5%
Expense 2   Expense: 5%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 36 patients who’ve stopped taking Fluvoxamine

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

Currently Taking Fluvoxamine

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

Stopped Taking Fluvoxamine

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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 Fluvoxamine

Always
 30 75%
Usually
 9 23%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fluvoxamine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 4 10%
A little
 9 23%
Not at all
 27 68%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fluvoxamine

$200+
 1 4%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 8%
$25-49
 4 16%
< $25
 18 72%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.