Percent of Fluoxetine Dispensed for Depression

By examining the data on fluoxetine dispensation for the specific associated disorders, we found, as expected, that for the period 2002–2004, depression was the primary reason that these drugs were dispensed. Using this sample time period, as an indicator of relative use of these drugs, we found that for the period 2002–2004, major depression was the reason for 72.1% of all fluoxetine that was dispensed, with the other 27.9% dispensed for the following disorders in order of frequency: anxiety (6.2%), obsessive-compulsive disorder (5.7%), schizophrenia (2.2%), stress (2.0%), premenstrual syndrome (1.0%), phobias (0.8%), eating disorders (1.0%), and all others unclassified (8.8%).