Product Description:

• Paroxetine is an antidepressant medication that works in the brain.

It is approved for the treatment of:

• Major depressive disorder (MDD).


• Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).


• Social anxiety disorder (social phobia).


• Panic disorder.


• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).


• Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).


• Vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats, flushes, etc.).

How To Use:

• DOSAGE Follow all directions given to you by your pharmacist or doctor carefully they may differ from the contained in this leaflet.


• Ask your pharmacist or doctor for help if you do not understand the instructions on the box

The recommended dose is adults SEROXAT CR tablets:

• Should be administered as a single daily dose , usually in the morning , with or without food.


• Patients should be informed that SEROXAT CR tablets should not be chewed or crushed and should be swallowed whole .

Major Depressive Disorder:

• The recommended initial dose is 25 mg/day.


• Some patients not responding to a 25 mg dose may benefit from dose increases in 12.5 mg/day increments, up to a maximum of 62.5 mg/day according to patient response.


• Dose changes should occur at intervals of at least 1 week.


• As with all antidepressant drugs, dosage should be reviewed and adjusted if necessary within 2 to 3 weeks of initiation of therapy and thereafter as judged clinically appropriate.


• Patients with depression should be treated for a sufficient period to ensure that they are free from symptoms.


• This period may be several months.

Warnings And Precautions:

• If you are taking medicines called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (maois, including moclobemide and methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue)) or have taken them at any time within the last two weeks.


• Your doctor will advise you how you should begin taking Seroxat once you have stopped taking the MAOI.


• If you are taking an anti-psychotic called thioridazine or an anti-psychotic called pimozide.


• If you are allergic to paroxetine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Ingredients:

SEROXAT CR tablets:

• 5 Mg And 25 Mg Contain Paroxetine Hydrochloride.