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Old 10-05-2008, 01:24 PM
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Yup Ushuffle, Luvox interferes with caffeine metabolism so your morning coffee hangs around your body for much longer than usual. There was anecdotal evidence ("user reports") of this for a long time, until a specific study proved it a couple of years ago.

Uhmm.... I hate to be blunt. Is your prescribing doctor a psychiatrist? I'm just wondering because his/her choice of meds seems unusual; Wellbutrin and high doses of Effexor are not 1st line choices for the treatment of anxiety. And neither is Luvox . There is this myth floating around that all SSRIs are basically equal. They are not. While they belong in the same family from a chemical point of view, their effects are different in the short and long term.

Luvox is usually prescribed to treat OCD - despite being considered the most sedating SSRI. Paroxetine (Paxil), citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro) are the *usual* choices used to treat anxiety - that doesn't exclude the possibility that Luvox might help. We are all different and the only way to know what med fits is by trial and error. For example, Wellbutrin *really* helped my anxiety - maybe because my anxiety/panic is secondary to depression.

Good luck


edit: here's the link to the study that shows Luvox-caffeine interactions:
Fluvoxamine impairs single-dose caffeine clearance...[Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2005] - PubMed Result

Simply put, caffeine lingers in your body for longer than usual. Ask your doc about lowering your caffeine intake.

Last edited by Mattcake; 10-05-2008 at 01:28 PM. Reason: added pubmed link
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