Depression Treatment Prozac

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Prozac

Active Ingredients:

  • Fluoxetine

Action mechanism and therapeutic effect of the medication:
Prozac is an antidepressant, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Fluoxetine helps to Improve mood, reduces tension, anxiety and fear, eliminates dysphoria. The medication does not cause orthostatic hypotension, sedation and is not cardiotoxic. Persistent clinical effect occurs within 1-2 weeks of treatment.

Medical indications:
Depression (regardless of the depressive disorder degree - weak, moderate, severe)

  • Bulimia
  • Anorexia
  • Alcoholism
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Prozac contraindications, precautions and warnings:

  • Hypersensitivity
  • Chronic renal failure (CC less than 10 ml / min), liver insufficiency
  • Pregnancy, lactation
  • With caution: diabetes mellitus, epileptic syndrome of different genesis and epilepsy (including history), Parkinson's disease, compensated renal and / or hepatic failure, cachexia.

Fluoxetine side effects:
As with any other drug, side effects can occur with Fluoxetine. However, it does not mean that everyone who takes the medicine will experience these adverse effects. In most cases the preparation is well tolerated . Prozac may cause the following side effects:

  • Nervous system: dizziness, headache, drowsiness or insomnia, lethargy, fatigue, asthenia, tremor, agitation, anxiety, suicidal attempts, mania or hypomania
  • Digestive system: loss of appetite, dry mouth or hygrostomia, nausea, diarrhea
  • Allergic reactions: skin rash, urticaria
  • Other: increased sweating, weight loss, decreased libido, systemic lung disorders, kidney or liver disease, vasculitis

If any side effects occur during the treatment make sure to consult your health care provider immediately. If you are unsure about anything related to Fluoxetine, please talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Drug interaction:
Prozac can potentially interact with the following groups of drugs:

  • Ethanol
  • Hypoglycemic drugs
  • Antidepressants
  • Anticonvulsants
  • MAO inhibitors
  • CNS suppressing medications
  • Anticoagulants
  • Cardiac glycosides

It is possible that all drug interactions are not presented above. For this reason, we recommend you to talk with your health care provide about drug interactions with Fluoxetine which may apply to you.

Additional information for the patients:
The preparation should be taken according to your doctor's recommendations. Never take the drug for conditions which are not presented in the the drug's leaflet. Try to keep the medicine out of the reach of children.