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In 2011 over 43 million prescriptions for antidepressants were handed out in the UK and about 14 percent (or nearly 6 million prescriptions) of these were for a drug called fluoxetine, better known as Prozac.
Dech and Budow (1991) were among the first to report the anecdotal use of fluoxetine in a case of PWS to control behavior problems, appetite, and trichotillomania.
A 2-week interval is adequate for all of these drugs, with the exception of fluoxetine. Because of the extended half-life of norfluoxetine, a minimum of 5 weeks should lapse between stopping fluoxetine (20mg/day) and starting an MAOI. With higher daily doses, the interval should be longer.
In 2011 over 43 million prescriptions for antidepressants were handed out in the UK and about 14 percent (or nearly 6 million prescriptions) of these were for a drug called fluoxetine, better known as Prozac.
