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SSRIs
SSRI
21
Pharmacology
Professional
08/22/2012

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Term
Brand name for Fluoxetine?
Definition
Prozac, Sarafem
Term
Brand name for olanzapine?
Definition
Symbyax
Term
Brand name for paroxetine?
Definition
Paxil, Paxil CR
Term
Brand name for Fluvoxamine?
Definition
Luvox, Luvox CR
Term
Brand name for Sertraline?
Definition

Zoloft

 

Term
Brand name for Citalopram?
Definition
Celexa
Term
Brand name for Escitalopram?
Definition
Lexapro
Term
Which of the SSRIs have the highest dosing relative to ther others?
Definition
Fluvoxamine, also note that it has more drug interactions than the others.
Term
All of the SSRIS are approved for depression and a variety of anxiety disorders except for?
Definition
Fluvoxamine.
Term
IR form of Fluvoxamine for?
Definition
OCD only
Term
CR form of Flovoxamine for?
Definition

OCD and SAD (social anxiety disorder)

 

Term
Which of the SSRIs are used to treat Premenstrual dysphoric disoder?
Definition

Fluoxetine (Sarafem) QD, or Q weekly and 14 and 7 days prior to menses.

 

or

 

Fluoxetine (Zoloft) 150 mg QD or 100 mg QD during the 2 weeks prior to menses.

Term
Notes for taking Floxetine?
Definition
it can cause activation so take dose in AM
Term
Notes on taking Paroxetine?
Definition
can cause anticholinergic SEs (least selective agent) and can be sedating, so patients should take at night.
Term
What class effect do SSRIs have regarding sex?
Definition
(20-50%) decreased libido, ejaculation difficulties, anorgasmia.
Term
SSRIs shouldn't be stopped suddenly due to side effects. Which is the one SSRI than be stopped suddenly and why?
Definition
Fluoxetine, long half-life
Term
Describe the method for switching between MAOIs and SSRIs to prevent hypertensive crisis.
Definition

5 wks washout period if going from fluoxetine to an MAOI (2 weeks if going from an MAOI to fluoxetine), and 2 weeks for all the others if going to or from a MAOI.

Term
Name the significant SSRIs inhibitors.
Definition

Fluoxetine

Fluvoxamine

Paroxetine

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Term
SSRIs do what to warafin?
Definition
increase bleeding risk.
Term
Describe general time to take SSRIs?
Definition
Fluoxetine is taken in the morning; the others are morning or at bedtime.
Term

How long will it take to fell the effects of SSRIs?

 

Definition

may take 1 to 2 weeks to feel a benefit from SSRIs and 4 weeks to feel the full effect on mood.

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