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Available Forms and Doses of Prozac

Prozac is a well-known medication taken by many people to treat depression. Basically, it belongs to a group of drugs called SSRIs, and it works by affecting certain neurotransmitters in the brain. There are many medical professionals who claim that their imbalances are responsible for depression. The intake of Prozac increases free serotonin, thus, stimulating your nerve cells.

Uses and Forms

Nowadays, you can find this medication in the form of oral suspensions, standard pills, capsules and delayed-release capsules, and they all come in different strengths for your added convenience. What about its uses? Prozac is prescribed by doctors to treat such common mental and emotional disorders as bulimia, depression, OCD, PMDD, panic disorder, etc.

Recommended Doses

For those adult patients who want to treat depression, it’s necessary to take 20-80 mg of Prozac on a daily basis. When it comes to infants, they need to take 10-20 mg every day. Remember that this dose can be adjusted based on doctors’ recommendations and specific factors, such as your personal response.

If you suffer from bulimia, your need to take 60 mg of Prozac each day, while patients with OCD take 20-80 mg. If you have panic disorder, you need to take 10-60 mg of this medication. To effectively treat PMDD, your daily dose will be 20 mg, and it must be taken 2 weeks before the onset of menstruation. Those patients to have resistant depression need to take 20-50 mg of Prozac.

Serious Drug Interactions

Before you start undergoing this treatment, you need to remember that Prozac can’t be combined with MAO inhibitors, antidepressants or other meds that function by inhibiting monoamine oxidase, including linezolid. The main reason is that such drug combinations result in a set of unwanted symptoms, such as hypertension, confusion, tremors, and others. Moreover, you shouldn’t combine Prozac with some medications, e.g. Demerol, triptans, lithium, Ultram and others if they increase serotonin levels in the brain.

Another important detail is that this medicine may boost warfarin effects, thus, resulting in excessive bleeding, just like its combinations with SSRIs and anti-inflammatory meds. Don’t combine Prozac with Orap because you risk ending up with irregular heartbeats. It’s also not allowed to take it with thioridazine, antipsychotic meds, tricyclic antidepressants and those pills that treat irregular heartbeat, because this combination leads to a number of unwanted adverse effects. Nursing and pregnant women should be careful because Prozac is not recommended for them.

Possible Side Effects

As other antidepressants, Prozac may cause the following symptoms:

• Anxiety;
• Headaches;
• Insomnia;
• Nausea;
• Drowsiness;
• Dizziness;
• Changes in your appetite;
• Skin rashes;
• Seizures;
• Nervousness.

Finally, you need to know that antidepressants may increase suicidal behaviors and thoughts in infants with different mental disorders.