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fluvoxamine

/ 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A third drug, fluvoxamine, also showed no benefit.

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More than 1,100 study participants, all of whom were overweight or had obesity, were randomly assigned to one of six groups that received various combinations of metformin, the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, the antidepressant drug fluvoxamine or a placebo.

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

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The researchers recruit anyone 30 years old or older — including vaccinated individuals — to study whether existing drugs, such as fluvoxamine, now used to treat depression, can help people to get through COVID-19.

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