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What is Paroxetine?

Paroxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant used in the treatment of depression as well as anxiety disorders. 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 321 78 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 149 40 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 98 30 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Social Anxiety Disorder 63 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Panic attacks 36 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 666 patients currently taking Paroxetine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 31
Moderate
 60
Mild
 57
None
 68

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

Weight gain 22
Sexual dysfunction 21
Agitation 14
Brain fog 14
Sex drive (libido) decreased 13
Insomnia 13
See all 97 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Paroxetine. See all 34 dosages ►

  daily 10 mg/5 mL daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily
  14 Number of Patients: 14 33 Number of Patients: 33 53 Number of Patients: 53 15 Number of Patients: 15 227 Number of Patients: 227 31 Number of Patients: 31 77 Number of Patients: 77 145 Number of Patients: 145 14 Number of Patients: 14 38 Number of Patients: 38  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Paroxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 105   Did not seem to work: 38%
Side effects too severe 102   Side effects too severe: 37%
Doctor's advice 71   Doctor's advice: 26%
Other 52   Other: 19%
Personal research 24   Personal research: 9%
Expense 15   Expense: 5%
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 5   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%

See all 264 patients who’ve stopped taking Paroxetine

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

Currently Taking Paroxetine

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

Stopped Taking Paroxetine

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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 Paroxetine

Always
 167 77%
Usually
 32 15%
Sometimes
 8 4%
Never
 9 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Paroxetine

Very
 13 6%
Somewhat
 18 8%
A little
 41 19%
Not at all
 144 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Paroxetine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 1%
$50-99
 9 6%
$25-49
 24 17%
< $25
 108 76%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.