Fluvoxamine
Pronounced floo-VOX-ah-meen
Brand names: Luvox
Type: SSRI antidepressant · All Mental Health Medicines
What Fluvoxamine is used for
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
Common side effects
- Nausea
- Drowsiness
- Trouble sleeping
- Headache
- Dry mouth
Important cautions
- Interacts with very many medicines because it strongly slows their breakdown — a full medication review is essential
- Antidepressants carry a warning about increased suicidal thoughts in young people — watch for sudden mood changes when starting
How it comes
Tablets, extended-release capsules. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Toxicity lists: Fluvoxamine also appears on Medicines That Can Harm the Liver.
Related medicines — Mental Health Medicines
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.