Dumirox, an international brand of fluvoxamine, is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. It is used for obsessive-compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Off label it is used for major depression, panic disorder and agitation related to mild dementia. Fluvoxamine maleate is thought to work by increasing levels of serotonin, a brain chemical associated with mood and thinking.

In clinical studies, SSRI antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents with depression and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering the use of fluvoxamine or any other antidepressant in a child or adolescent must balance this risk with the clinical need. Fluvoxamine must be used with caution in children with depression. Fluvoxamine is only approved for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder in children 8 years and older.

Dumirox's (fluvoxamine maleate) typical side effects: The usual for SSRIs - headache, nausea, dry mouth, sweating, sleepiness or insomnia, and diarrhea or constipation, weight gain, loss of libido. Most everything but the weight gain and loss of libido usually goes away within a couple of weeks.