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Oxetine

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Generic Name: Paroxetine hydrochloride
Product Name: Oxetine

Indication

Action

  • Antidepressant action by selective inhibition of pre-synaptic uptake of serotonin (5- hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), thus increasing the levels of this neurotransmitter in the brain.

Dose advice

Major depression:

  • 20mg once daily, gradually increasing as necessary to a maximum of 50mg once daily. Use of maintenance doses of >20mg is not usually necessary.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder; social phobia; generalized anxiety disorder; Post-traumatic stress disorder:

  • 20mg once daily, gradually increasing as necessary to a maximum of 50mg once daily.

Panic disorder:

  • Start at 10mg daily, increasing if necessary to 10mg after a week to 20mg once daily. Use of maintenance doses >20mg is not routinely necessary.

Schedule

S4

Common side effects

  • Nausea
  • Agitation
  • Insomnia
  • Drowsiness
  • Tremor
  • Dry mouth
  • Diarrhoea
  • Dizzness
  • Headache
  • Sweating
  • Asthenia
  • Anxiety
  • Weight gain or loss
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Rhinitis
  • Myalgia
  • Rash

Uncommon side effects

  • Extrapyramidal reactions (including Tardive Dyskinesia and dystonia)
  • Sedation
  • Confusion
  • Palpitations
  • Tachycardia
  • Hypotension
  • SIADH
  • Abnormal platelet aggregation/ haemorrhagic complications (e.g. bruising, epistaxis, purpura)Rare:
  • Elevated liver enzymes
  • Hepatitis
  • Hepatic failure
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Blood dyscrasias
  • Seizures
  • Akathesia

For further information talk to your doctor.


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Dates

Posted On: 22 July, 2003
Modified On: 18 March, 2016


Created by: myVMC