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fluvoxamine

British  
/ fluːˈvɒksəmiːn /

noun

  1. an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action See SSRI

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A third drug, fluvoxamine, also showed no benefit.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

Neither ivermectin nor fluvoxamine reduced the risk of long COVID.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

In this very well-designed New England Journal of Medicine study, researchers randomized covid patients to receive three experimental treatments: metformin, ivermectin and fluvoxamine.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Other treatments for COVID-19, including the oral antiviral pills Paxlovid and molnupiravir, have been available since October 2021 and have proved to be more effective than fluvoxamine.

From Science Magazine • May 18, 2022

Notably, the use of fluvoxamine as a COVID-19 treatment wasn’t sent to the FDA by a pharmaceutical company — a group of doctors asked the agency to authorize it.

From The Verge • May 16, 2022

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