Posted by SalArmy4me on August 4, 2001, at 14:07:46
In reply to Just beginning: Prozac, posted by Lini on August 4, 2001, at 13:20:43
Nierenberg, Andrew A.M. Timing of Onset of Antidepressant Response With Fluoxetine Treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry. 157(9):1423-1428, September 2000:
"...The onset of response for most responders to fluoxetine should be observed within 2-4 weeks of beginning treatment, with about 10% of the eventual responders starting to feel better after 6 weeks in an 8-week trial. Conversely, the lack of onset of response by 4-6 weeks is associated with about a 75%-88% chance that patients will not have an onset of response by 8 weeks. The mean time between the onset of response and the time to response was slightly more than 1 week. We were unable to identify baseline characteristics that could predict time until onset of response or time to response. Similar analyses should be applied to longer antidepressant trials and to other antidepressants..."
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