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Fluoxetine-duloxetine

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* Gradually reduce dosage of fluoxetine to a maximum of 20 mg/ day, when this dosage is > 20 mg/day. * When a dosage of 20 mg/day is reached, stop administration.{{stopFluoxetine1}}
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No wash-out period is needed.
* '''Day 12:''' start duloxetine the next day in low dosage of 30 mg/day.* '''Day 2829:''' increase dosage of duloxetine to normal, 60 mg/day.
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* Desmethylfluoxetine has a halflife of at least 1 week: it takes therefore 1 month for elemination.
* Through CYP2D6 fluoxetine and duloxetine can mutually influence their metabolism.
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