Medicines Fluvoxamine

Breggin, P. (2002a). Fluvoxamine as a cause of stimulation, mania, and aggression with a critical analysis of the FDA-approved label. International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, 14, 71-86. 

Bolo, N. R., Hode, Y. and Macher, J. P (2004) Long-term sequestration of fluorinated compounds in tissues after fluvoxamine or fluoxetine treatment a fluorine magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in vivo. Magnetic Resonance in Materials Physics, Biology and Medicine, 16, 268-276. 

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) A relatively new group of medicines that have been used successfully to treat emotional and behavioral problems such as depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder ((XID), bulimia, and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults. These medications are now being used to treat the same types of behavior in children. Some examples of SSRIs include Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), Luvox (fluvoxamine), and Paxil (paroxetine). 

The Committee on Safety of Medicines in the UK had received 19 reports of adverse reactions when fluvoxamine was given with lithium (5 reports of convulsions and one of hyperpyrexia) by 1989. ... 

Committee on Safety of Medicines/Medicines Control Agency. Fluvoxamine increases plasma theophylline levels. Current Problems (1994) 20, 12. 

A man taking fluoxetine experienced symptoms of the serotonin syndrome after ingesting the psychoactive beverage ayahuasca, which contains monoamine oxidase-inhibiting harmaia aikaioids. The Japanese herbal medicine Gorei-san does not appear to interact with fluvoxamine or paroxetine. 

An efficacy study in 20 patients taking fluvoxamine (19 patients) or paroxetine (1 patient) reported that the addition of the Japanese herbal medicine Gorei-san (TJ-17), which is composed of 5 herbs (Alismatis rhi-zoma, Atractylodis lanceae rhizoma, Polyporus, Hoelen, and Cinnamomi cortex) caused no additional adverse events. However, note that this study was not specifically looking at drug interactions and therefore only gives a broad indication that concurrent use is safe and effective. 

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