Fluoxetine and Temodar

• Generic Name: fluoxetine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Prozac, Prozac Weekly, PROzac Pulvules, Sarafem, Rapiflux, Selfemra

Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. Fluoxetine affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Fluoxetine is used to treat major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa (an eating disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Fluoxetine is sometimes used together with another medication called olanzapine (Zyprexa) to treat manic depression caused by bipolar disorder. This combination is also used to treat depression after at least 2 other medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.

If you also take olanzapine (Zyprexa), read the Zyprexa medication guide and all patient warnings and instructions provided with that medication.

• Generic Name: temozolomide
• Dosage Forms: capsule; injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution
• Other Brand Names: Temodar

Temodar (temozolomide) is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body in the body.

Temodar is used together with radiation therapy to treat certain types of brain tumor in adults.

Temodar is usually given after other cancer medicines have been tried without success.