Fluvoxamine Effects and Side Effects

Fluvoxamine is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc. Side effects include nausea, vomiting, anxiety, and dizziness. Fluvoxamine is a 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitor, clinically used for the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder. The medication should be used in strict compliance with the doctor’s instructions, the efficacy should be assessed regularly, and the dosage should be slowly reduced and discontinued when the medication needs to be stopped. Fluvoxamine use often causes gastrointestinal discomfort such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, can also cause anxiety, dizziness, headache, insomnia and other neurological symptoms, and other side effects such as palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), sweating, low blood pressure, joint and muscle pain. Fluvoxamine should not be combined with thioridazine, alosetron, pimozide and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The use of this drug should be under the supervision of a doctor.