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Loss of appetite is often seen in patients who take fluoxetine, and can be especially troublesome in the elderly. Fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, has no effect on the norepinephrine system; therefore, it does not produce the side effects common to the tricyclic antidepressants. These include anticholinergic side effects (dry mouth, constipation), orthostatic hypotension, cardiac conduction disturbances, and drowsiness. Skin rash is uncommon.
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1) Tasman A, Kay J, LiebennanJA (eds): Psychiatry. WB Saunders Co, 1997, pp 1616-1619.
2) Physicians' Desk Reference, ed 54. Medical Economics Co, 2000, pp 962-967.
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