Fluoxetine

Patients who started oxycodone while taking fluoxetine or paroxetine were at increased risk for opioid overdose compared with those who were taking other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a cohort study showed.

Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders who exhibit obsessive-compulsive disorder behaviors had significantly lower scores for OCD behaviors at 16 weeks when taking fluoxetine compared with placebo, according to findings published in JAMA. However, in prespecified analyses that accounted for several variables, the difference between the groups was nonsignificant.

SAN DIEGO — Early screening and early diagnosis are critical to managing systemic sclerosis, according to a presentation at the 2019 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Adding fluoxetine to cognitive behavioral therapy failed to further decrease depressive symptoms in youth with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder, according to findings published in Lancet Psychiatry.