PAROXETINE

Course overview

PAROXETINE IS A SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (SSRI). IT IS USED TO TREAT SEVERAL DISEASES, INCLUDING MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, AND PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER. IT IS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF HOT FLASHES AND NIGHT SWEATS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MENOPAUSE. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, IMPORTANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, MONITORING, AND TOXICITY OF PAROXETINE, SO PROVIDERS CAN DIRECT PATIENT THERAPY IN TREATING CONDITIONS FOR WHICH IT IS INDICATED, AS PART OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM.