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Fluvoxamine Maleate 50 mg tablets
What Fluvoxamine Maleate is used for :
- Fluvoxamine Maleate is used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Do not take Fluvoxamine Maleate :
- If you’re allergic to the active substances or any other component of this medicine.
- If you took within the past 2 weeks a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
- If you are taking any of the following medicines: Pimozide, Thioridazine, Tizanidine, Alosetrone.
Warnings and precautions :
- Talk to your doctor about all your medical conditions before taking this medicine including:
- If you have liver or kidney problems.
- If you have heart problems
- If you have or had seizures or convulsions.
- If you have bipolar disorder or mania.
- If have low sodium levels in your blood.
- If have a history of a stroke.
- If you have high blood pressure.
- If have or had bleeding problems.
- This medicine may cause suicidal thoughts or actions, especially in young patients, in the first few months of treatment or after a dose change. Call your doctor if you experience such symptoms.
- Do not stop taking this medicine all of a sudden. You might experience side effects.
- Talk to your doctor on how to discontinue Fluovoxamine Maleate.
Possible side effects
- Stop using this product and seek immediate medical help if you develop rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Serious side effects:
- Suicidal thoughts or actions, especially at the beginning.
- Serotonin syndrome: this condition may be life threatening, symptoms include agitation, hallucination, tremor, sweating, fever, dizziness and seizures.
- Allergic reactions
- Seizures and convulsions
- Low sodium levels in the blood
- Abnormal bleeding including gastric bleeding
Other medicines and Fluvoxamine Maleate :
- Tell your doctor about all the medicines you are taking.
- Do not take MAOIs within 2 weeks of stopping Fluvoxamine Maleate and do not start Fluvoxamine Maleate within 2 weeks of stopping MAOIs.
- Do not take Thioridazine within 2 weeks of stopping Fluvoxamine Maleate.
- Do not take Fluvoxamine Maleate with Pimozide, Tizanidine or Alosetrone.
- Other interactions include: triptans, medicines used to treat depression or anxiety, Tramadol, benzodiazepines, Methadone, Clozapine, anticoagulants such as Warfarin, diuretics to treat high blood pressure and St. John’s Wort.
- How to take Fluvoxamine Maleate
- This medicine is intended for adults and children aged 8 years and older.
- Take as indicated by your doctor.
Adults:
- Recommended initial dose is 50 mg once daily at bedtime.
- Your doctor will gradually increase the dose for you.
- The usual dose range is 100 – 300 mg daily.
Children 8 – 17 years:
- Recommended initial dose is 25 mg once daily at bedtime.
- The usual dosage range is 50 – 200 mg daily.
How to store Fluvoxamine Maleate :
- Store at room temperature 68 to 77°F (20 to 25°C).
- Keep this medicine out of reach of children.
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the package.
- The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Product Details:
Prescription required to order this medicine