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Fluoxetine and Escitalopram
My doctor prescribed Fluoxetine 20mg at morning and escitalopram 10mg at night with clonazepam 0.5mg. I'm on these medications since 3 days. Earlier I was on Pexep Cr 12.5 prescribed by online doctor. But taken it only for 2 days and switched to my current doctor medicine.
Does this cause any problem?
Does taking fluoxetine at morning and escitalopram at night cause serotonin syndrome? Read it at google
Will I die?
I'm very anxious.
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Combination of medicines is fine but dosage of each appears to be peculiar.
Will need more detail about diagnosis and how else we can help you with the treatment.
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The individual medications appear fine ,however, the rationale for the use of two agents of the same class, i.e. Escitalopram and Fluoxetine cannot be understood from the limited information available.
Although serotonin syndrome is a relatively rare occurrence in clinical practice, it is advisable to formulate the treatment plan attuned to the needs of the person after a detailed evaluation ,keeping in mind the various possibilities of adverse effects and potential drug interactions as well as the risk - benefit ratio for the person concerned.
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Dr. Dinesh Reddy P
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Chittoor
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