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Licensed Indications

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Primary Care prescribing resource

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Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB

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Fluoxetine oral solution to dispersible tablets switch Patient letter

Dear Patient

The NHS carries out regular reviews of medicines to make sure that patients continue to receive high quality and effective treatment while ensuring that the NHS gets better value for money.

The latest review involves a change in one of the medications on your prescription. We are sharing this letter with you following a review between yourself and a member of our team, where we discussed making this change. The full details of the change are shown below and this change in your medication will be given to you when you collect your next repeat prescription. A helpful benefit of this change is that your new medication comes in dispersible tablets, which are easier to store and carry. They do not require measuring and can be more convenient to take. The full details of the change are shown below, and this new medication will be given to you when you collect your next repeat prescription. 

This new medicine contains the same active ingredient (fluoxetine) as your old medication. Please finish taking all the oral solution you currently have before starting on the new dispersible tablets. Please note that the new medicine contains sorbitol, a sweetener that may not be suitable if you are intolerant to it.

Please read the information leaflet given with your new fluoxetine dispersible tablets carefully before you start using this medicine. Using the new medication will be different as outlined below:

 

 

• Swallow the tablet(s) with half a glass of water or disperse the tablet(s) in half a glass of water and drink.

• Do not crush or chew the tablets.

 

To obtain your next supply of medicines more efficiently, you can order a repeat prescription by logging into your account using the NHS app which may be downloaded from the NHS website. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you to only order the medicines you need each time you resubmit your repeat prescription request as this helps minimise medicine waste.

If you are concerned or wish to discuss the matter further, please do not hesitate to contact the practice or your local community pharmacist.

Yours sincerely,