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Take 20 mg prozac (fluoxetine) in capsule form if i take it every other day would that be like taking 10 mg every day?

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Prozac (fluoxetine): Half-life for Prozac (fluoxetine) is 9.3 days and it's metabolite is about six days. So yes taking 20 mg every two days is like taking 10 mg a day.

Answered 6/28/2017

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