Prozac weekly belongs to the group of drugs characterized by the name selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The weekly dosage of the drug basically restores the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain. The imbalance of these neurotransmitters, especially serotonin leads to conditions like depression and its forms. Therefore, the powerful dosage of Prozac is prescribed once in a week to counter the depressive states, forms of anxiety, varied obsessive compulsive symptoms, panic attacks.
This particular prescription drug is the long lasting and potent version of the daily Prozac. Studies have proven that the weekly dosage is majorly used in the treatment of major depressive disorder. It also brings about drastic improvements in conditions like premenstrual dysphoric disorder and bulimia nervosa, better known as the eating disorder. This form of Prozac is ideally consumed once in a week. One needs to make sure to swallow the capsule as a whole at one go without breaking it into parts.
It must be essentially taken on the same of every week so as to maintain its right equilibrium in the blood. So far only one concentration of the drug- 90 mg is available for weekly consumption. This drug can be at times taken in conjunction with other drugs to treat depression triggered by bipolar disorder.
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