Posted by SalArmy4me on July 1, 2001, at 19:45:13
In reply to No response to Prozac after 5 wks, should I quit?, posted by J on July 1, 2001, at 19:24:38
{Not from Medline}
Nierenberg, Andrew A. M.D et al. Timing of Onset of Antidepressant Response With Fluoxetine Treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry. 157(9):1423-1428, September 2000:
"The results of this study suggest that in a best-case scenario, more than half of the eventual responders to a fixed dose of fluoxetine will start to respond to treatment by week 2, with over 75% starting to respond by week 4. No predictors of time to response were found. These data show that if patients have not experienced an onset of response by weeks 4 or 6, they have about a 73%-88% chance of not exhibiting an onset of response by the end of the 8-week trial..."
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