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the free top 200 study guide. All right, so the drug of the day today is fluvoxamine. And the brand name of

this medication is Louvox. This is classified as an SSRI. So again, selective serotonin

re-uptake inhibitor. And the mechanism of action with this medication is it blocks serotonin re-uptake

back into neurons in the central nervous system,

and ultimately this leads to an increase in serotonin activity.

Now, as an SSRI, obviously it can be used for depression, PTSD, GADD. or anxiety disorders, most often in clinical practice, from my

perspective, what I've seen is you're going to see this used for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

That's probably the most common situation you're going to see it

used. And as we talk about drug interactions and things like that, you'll see why it's generally

not used first line compared to some of the other SSRIs, which probably have less drug interactions

and less issues to kind of deal with.

The usual dosing range for fluvoxamine is 50 milligrams to 300 milligrams.

And the immediate release formulation anyway is potentially once a day at lower doses.

And as we get to higher doses,

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