Luvox
Fluvoxamine tablets for obsessive-compulsive disorder. It often causes drowsiness, so evening use is common.
- Category
- Mental Health
- Active ingredient
- Fluvoxamine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 50mg · 100mg
This listing uses Luvox as a reference name. A generic equivalent is supplied; its exact brand and manufacturer are confirmed before supply.
Prescription and consultation requirements for Luvox vary by destination and are determined by the fulfilment partner.
Luvox details
- Condition
- Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
- Alternative names
- fluvoxamine
- Therapeutic class
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)
- Pharmacological class
- SSRI
- Known off-label uses
- major depressive disorder; social anxiety disorder
- Contraindications
- MAO inhibitor therapy; thioridazine use; tizanidine use
- Minor side effects
- nausea; headache; somnolence
- Moderate side effects
- insomnia; dry mouth; sexual dysfunction
- Dosage forms
- Tablet
- Administration route
- Oral use
- Supply category
- Prescription-only medicine (POM)
- Originator
- Solvay Pharmaceuticals
- Onset Time
- 2–4 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage instructions
- Store below 25°C. Keep dry.
- Drug interactions
- MAO Inhibitors; Tizanidine; Warfarin
- Age restrictions
- Approved for children over eight years and adults.
Serious side effects
suicidal ideation, requires immediate medical attention; serotonin syndrome, requires immediate medical attention
Patient summary
Fluvoxamine tablets for obsessive-compulsive disorder. It often causes drowsiness, so evening use is common.
Mechanism of action
Selectively inhibits the reuptake of serotonin at the presynaptic membrane, increasing transmitter levels in cognitive regions.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Pregnancy: Use if benefit outweighs risk. Monitor newborn. Breastfeeding: Expelled in low amounts.
What you will receive
Luvox is used here as a reference originator brand name to identify the medicine. We are not affiliated with the brand owner, and this listing does not offer the originator product.
- The supplied product is a generic equivalent containing Fluvoxamine, not the originator brand shown as the reference.
- The exact generic brand, manufacturer and dispatch location are confirmed based on the product, destination and available manufacturer or partner warehouse.
- Check the final product details at checkout before confirming an order.