LUVOX Reviews (FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (319 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LUVOX with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Gender with females listed first (reviews with no gender reported listed before females). Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
More on LUVOX: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LUVOX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Depression/Anxiety | hyperactive, loss of sexual drive and ability to achieve orgasm at the beginning, jaw clenching and teeth grinding, knee and muscle tension, involuntary leg spasms (not threatening-usually when trying to fall asleep), loss of appetite, weight loss, insomnia at times, drowsiness | Luvox has helped alleviate my tormenting thoughts and obsessive ideas. I feel a lot better since taking the drug. Even though some of the side effects are disruptive, the benefits of the drug far outweigh them. | 20 | 5 months | 1/15/2007 | 4 | | 2/25/2005 | 3 | | 1/21/2005 | 3 | | 12/26/2001 | 3 | | 12/22/2004 | 1 | ocd | excessive hyperactivity in my 6 year old son | 30 days | 11/3/2001 | 5 | DEPRESSION/ OCD | With 50mg dose I felt not quite all there, a little spacey. Definite decrease in libido, 37.5 mg dose is perfect for me, Has a wonderful calming, focusing effect. | After 10 years I decided to try life without Luvox. Took me two months to wean off safely. Depression and OCD returned after two weeks of no Luvox. At low dose of 37.5mg I decided I'm better off with Luvox than without. Without Luvox I am a nervous wreck. | F | 54 | 10 years | 4/18/2007 | 5 | anxiety depression | initially tremors | Changed my life . unfortunately wore of after about 11 years now going on effexor xr | F | 45 | 12 years | 9/29/2004 | 5 | OCD | some short term memory loss. some cotton mouth effects. drowsiness. but i take it a night- so that's good. | luvox helped a lot with my OCD. I still have a few ticks and obsessive thoughts but Luvox made it MUCH more manageable. | F | 20 | 9 years | 1/22/2007 | 5 | OCD | Lowered libido and ability to reach orgasm, constipation, weight gain | Have had undiagnosed OCD since early childhood. Within 2 weeks I could wake up at night and not start the irrational worrying cycle. Had about 85% decreased obsessions. Same with compultions. Was running out once and within 2-3 days noticed worries coming back. Had taken other meds, this is definitely the best for OCD, once you come to terms with having it. You don't have to worry all the time, eventually it will wear you down. | F | 32 | 1 years | 1/9/2007 | 5 | obsessive thoughts | Lethargic, small weight gain | F | 42 | 2 years 100 | 6/13/2012 | 5 | OCD, major depression | i have not had any major side effects, except low sex drive. I also take Prozac 20 mg. which also have side effects of low sex drive. I rather have low sex drive then continue feeling depressed and obsessive thoughts that i want to die. | I LOVE LUVOX! Luvox have saved my life for the past 11 years. I have been on Zoloft in the past which was good with the combination of Prozac, but after 4-5 years the combination stop working. Once, i got started on Luvox 11 years ago, my depression lifted and also the thoughts associated with OCD within 6 weeks. I had to be very patient. Thank God for a supportive family and co workers at that time. I completed therapy also with the addition of Prozac 20 mg. to be taken with the LuVox. I have also taken Luvox CR that work well also for a short time, but it is very expensive and i had to return to regular Luvox. I am currently taking a dosage of 150 mg of Luvox with 20 mg. of Prozac daily and continue feeling GREAT. I am careful with other drugs that may interact with Luvox, because once certain drugs interact with Luvox, it takes a some days (unknown amount) for the Luvox to start working again. I love Luvox and pray it never stop working. I am a person who will have to be on antidepressants for the remaining of my life, because i of the three episodes of depression i have experienced from the age of 21 to presently. I have some small depression or OCD episode, but nothing severe since 2006. I need for Luvox to keep on working. | F | 38 | 11 years 150 mg 2X day | 7/13/2012 | 5 | OCD | Dry Mouth, restlessness at bedtime,muscle tension | I took 25-50mg for 13yrs with great results. Recently increased due to stress bringing back all old symptoms to 75mg and 2days ago to 100mg. I already feel a difference. I swear by this stuff!! | F | 34 | 13 years 100MG 1X day | 8/8/2012 | 5 | Depression | After trying four anti-depressants & experiencing terrible side effects, this was the only one that made me feel normal again. | F | 37 | 16 years 100 mg. 1X day | 11/28/2012 | 5 | OCD | FORTY POUND WEIGHT GAIN. NOT FUN. With exercie I lost it in about a year and a half...but the kids at my middle school made it the longest year of my life. | Before Luvox I tried Paxil (no effect) and Zoloft (worked at first but lost effectiveness soon after). I am on a fairly high dose of Luvox (250-300 mg), but it has made me virtually symptom free. No one ever knows that I have OCD unless I tell them. I've tried cutting down the dosage before, but my symptoms return very quickly, so I know I still have OCD. I couldn't ask for much more though, Luvox gave me my life back...but I am worried about having to go off it one day to have kids. | F | 21 | 9 years | 11/20/2006 | 5 | OCD, Depression | Very vivid and disturbing dreams, extreme fatigue, decreased sex drive, weight loss, decreased appetite, slight insomnia. | The only complaints I have are about the vivid dreams and fatigue. Other than that the other side effects don't really bother me. I have been on and off medications for 11 years, was put on Luvox when I was 12 but they took me off of it shortly after. In 11 years this is the only medication that I can truly say has helped me. Less panic, recurring thoughts have disappeared, depression has been eased - Daily life is easier to deal with. I love this medication. | F | 21 | 3 months | 4/4/2008 | 5 | ocd | At first I had no side effects but later acquired bed wetting and drowsiness. | I told my psychiatrist and he gave me medicine to stop the side effects he gave me medicine which stopped it i am now off the side effect medicine and doing great.(still taking luvox) i am extremely afraid of germs, to the point that i would wash my hands raw and bloody, and that is not the worst of it. now if you met me you would have no idea i have ocd. i got it through the tradegy of my grandpa dying when i was seven and i take 150 mlg a day. :) <3 | F | 13 | 6 years | 2/26/2007 | 5 | Chronic OCD | Young age aggression. Mild insomnia. | I started taking Luvox when I was 7 because I used to obsessively count my steps between stopping, pull my hair out and I also used to brush my hair 50 strokes with one brush in the morning and 50 strokes with my comb before bed. Once I started on this, I used to get a little aggressive with my older sister but when I reached about 9, I started to calm down. Luvox continued to help me throughout puberty, although we expected things to get worse because of the hormones, but all was well. When I was 11, I started to come off Luvox, gradually, so as not to face withdrawal symptoms. There weren't any withdrawal symptoms. By the time I was 13, I was off Luvox entirely, but my I started to feel stressed out and became a little depressed. I also became socially awkward and spent all of my free time online, because it felt better to be roleplaying as a mystical creature, rather than stressed out me. I preferred my online pets to my real friends and I stopped wanting to go out. My OCD returned. I got back on Luvox and now I'm better again. :) | F | 15 | 8 years 150 MG 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 5 | ocd/anxiety/depression/aggitation | Other meds that I'm on give me some of the same side effects.. so the only new side effect that I haven't been dealing with for years anyway is excessive sweating. | Its has changed my life for the better..after being treated for mild depression(with paxil,lexapro,cymbalta,ect..) for years and still not feeling any better..then being treated for bipolar disorder(with geodon,abilify,lithium,ect..) for the last few years and still having a lot of anger and aggitation issues..they started treating my ocd with luvox mixed with the lamictal I have been on for the major depressive disorder and my life did a complete turn around..I feel tons better and my relationships got 100 times better...and currently they are wheening me off the lamictal and putting me on zoloft..so I can deal with the sweating because the perks of this med are more then worth it! | F | 32 | 6 months 100mg 2X day | 9/19/2011 | 5 | Anxiety,OCD,depression | Tiredness, headache, insomnia, night sweats...these were all very mild and mostly occured right after an increase or decrease in dosage. | Luvox has helped me so much! I can still feel human and have emotions on this medicine! | F | 31 | 2 years 100 mg 1X day | 9/8/2011 |
LUVOX (FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE): Fluvoxamine is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It helps decrease persistent/unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and urges to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, checking) that interfere with daily living. Fluvoxamine is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1994-12-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)