130 patient evaluations for Fluoxetine

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May 18, 2009 (Started Mar 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for premenstrual syndrome (PMS))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (anxious mood, sexual dysfunction, jittery feeling, emotional numbness or flatness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Side effects: jittery feeling, sexual dysfunction, emotional numbness or flatness, anxious mood
  • 0 helpful marks

May 8, 2009 (Started May 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 25, 2009 (Started Aug 06, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: As my doctor said, "Prozac was great in the nineties, but medicine now is so much better." I've had a great decade on Prozac, but it no longer meets my anxiety requirements, and I am unwilling to use clonazepam often enough to control the anxiety.
Side effects: sexual dysfunction

Aug 25, 2008 (Started Aug 06, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sexual dysfunction)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sexual dysfunction
  • 1 helpful mark

Apr 5, 2009 (Started Oct 05, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (headaches, jittery feeling)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: headaches, jittery feeling
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 1, 2009 (Started Apr 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I've been on this medication since I was 23 years old, and at the time I was extremely off balance with my chemicals and it did miracles to stabilizing me, to function 100%.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 20, 2009 (Started Sep 29, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for mood swings)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 19, 2009 (Started Mar 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight loss, diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be patient. It takes at least two weaks to start working, and a month to work completely.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: diarrhea, weight loss
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 18, 2009 (Started Nov 21, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sexual dysfunction, weight gain, vivid dreams, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, vivid dreams, headaches, sexual dysfunction
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 11, 2008 (Started May 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I could tell a difference after taking this medication the first month. after a couple months I had to double my dosage, and I'm planning to discuss my next step up with my doctor.
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 11, 2008 (Started Aug 15, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sexual dysfunction, jittery feeling)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It covers the neuroreceptor in the brain that reabsorbs serotonin
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sexual dysfunction, jittery feeling, sexual dysfunction, jittery feeling
  • 0 helpful marks
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