Any one takes fluvoxamine with xarelto or pradaxa?

Looks like EP is not sure about the increase risk of bleeding, and psychiatrist not sure about anticoagulant, and pharmacist agrees there's increase risk of bleeding but said listen to your doctor... Any one taking fluvoxamine with anticoagulant? Any problem?

Kong... Can you correlate the time of your afib onset to when you began taking the fluvoxamine (Luvox) ?

Note this clip from the FDA pharmacology pdf file

Serotonin Syndrome:
The development of a potentially life-threatening serotonin syndrome
may occur with fluvoxamine treatment, particularly
with concomitant use of serotonergic drugs
(including triptans) and with drugs which impair
metabolism of serotonin (including MAOI’s).

Serotonin syndrome symptoms may include mental status changes
(e.g., agitation, hallucinations, coma), autonomic instability (e.g., tachycardia,
labile blood pressure, hyperthermia), neuromuscular aberrations
(e.g., hyperreflexia, incoordination) and/or gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea).

Source: [www.accessdata.fda.gov]

Jackie

Hi Jackie, I had never taken fluvoxamine. I went to a psychiatrist follow up and he suggested me try fluvoxamine to control my constant anxiety and maybe depression. But I think it’s better to do some research before starting a new med.

Okay - That's good. There are many reasons to avoid those meds as there can be many downsides and often they are totally inappropriate. I agree with you... more research and metabolic evaluations for underlying causes of anxiety and depression.

Jackie