SEROXATE 20MG 30TAB

Description:

Paroxetine is an antidepressant medication.

Treat:

Major depressive disorder (MDD).

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

Social anxiety disorder (social phobia).

Panic disorder.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats, flushes, etc.).

How To Use:

DOSAGE Follow all directions given to you by your pharmacist or doctor carefully they may differ from the ones contained in this leaflet.

Ask your pharmacist or doctor for help if you do not understand the instructions on the box

The recommended dose is adult SEROXAT CR tablets:

Should be administered as a single daily dose, usually in the morning, with or without food.

Patients should be informed that SEROXAT CR tablets should not be chewed or crushed and should be swallowed whole.

Major Depressive Disorder:

The recommended initial dose is 25 mg/day.

Some patients not responding to a 25 mg dose may benefit from dose increases in 12.5 mg/day increments, up to a maximum of 62.5 mg/day according to patient response.

Dose changes should occur at intervals of at least 1 week.

As with all antidepressant drugs, dosage should be reviewed and adjusted if necessary within 2 to 3 weeks of initiation of therapy and thereafter as judged clinically appropriate.

Patients with depression should be treated for a sufficient period to ensure that they are free from symptoms.

This period may be several months.

Warnings And Precautions:

If you are taking medicines called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs, including moclobemide and methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue)) or have taken them at any time within the last two weeks.

Your doctor will advise you on how you should begin taking Seroxat once you have stopped taking the MAOI.

If you are taking an anti-psychotic called thioridazine or an anti-psychotic called pimozide.

If you are allergic to paroxetine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.