subject: What is the drug to treat depression? [print this page] Author: Adam Church Author: Adam Church
An antidepressant by nature Fluoxetine is quite helpful in treating patients suffering from depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and bulimia. While the therapy is not licensed to cure small kids and adloscence with bulimia or panic disorder, it has been approved for treating OCD and depression in children. fluoxetine are also used to cure conditions such as personality disorders, obesity, and social anxiety disorder which are not mentioned in the label.
(Prozac) has been certified to treat many medical conditions.These fluoxetine uses include treatment for:
Depression (also referred as major depression or clinical depression)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Bulimia
Panic disorder.
The drug is sometimes used along with Zyprexa (olanzapine), to cure many conditions such as
Depression induced by bipolar disorder
Treatment-resistant depression (depression that is not affected by number of antidepressants ).
Sarafem is identical to fluoxetine and its use for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) has been approved while the Prozac and its generic forms cannot be used even though the medications are similar.} .
When a person is diagnosed with depression it doesn't mean that their only problem is being sad all the time. Usual signs of depression can consists of :
Changes in sleep (sleeping too much or not enough)
Eating too much or too little (and weight gain or weight loss)
Having little interest in things that you used to enjoy
Physical pain
Feeling hopeless or worthless
Suicidal thoughts.
It has been found through clinical trials that Fluoxetine is extremely effective in curing patients of all ages suffering from depression . Patience is important in this treatment and one must not get alarmed if they do not experience relief immediately as it take a number of weeks for the drug to create impact. At times, people around you will detect the changes in your signs of depression before you do.Often, the physical symptoms of depression (such as pain or changes in sleep) will improve first, sometimes within the first few weeks of treatment.However it takes as long as 4 to 6 weeks to develop changes in the mood.As the drug takes a long time to show improvement one must be patient and must not discontinue it.About the Author:
