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Maprotiline-fluoxetine

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* '''Before day 1:''' gradually reduce dosage of maprotiline to a maximum of 75 mg/day.* '''Day 1:''' reduce dosage of maprotiline to 50 mg/day.* '''Day 7:''' reduce dosage of maprotiline to 25 mg/day.* '''Day 14:''' stop dosage of maprotiline.{{TCAdecrease25p3d}}
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* '''Day 7:6 and after''' simultaneously : At approximately 50-25% of the original TCA dosering start administration of fluoxetine in a normal dosage at 100% of 20 mg/daythe target dose.* '''Day 14After 3 weeks:''' stop administration of maprotiline and continue administration If necessary, gradually increase dosage of fluoxetine. 
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* Occurrence of serotonin syndrome is theoretically possible, so caution is necessary.Safe target dose fluoxetine = 20 mg* Fluoxetine is a strong inhibitor and norfluoxetine are inhibitors of CYP2D6(strong), which metabolizes metabolize maprotiline.
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