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Suggest Treatment For OCD Inspite Of Taking Prodep

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Posted on Sat, 24 May 2014
Question: i am taking prodep 60mg daily morning since 4 years prescribed by a docter for ocd treatment. but iam suffering from the same. can the dosage be increased.
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Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (43 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
OCD is one of the difficult to treat illnesses. Although fluoxetine at 60 mg is a good drug but if there is no improvement then the dose can be increased to even 80mg. Other options are taking add-on fluvoxamine or clomipramine etc. These drugs mayu also help you with the symptoms. Another option is taking add-on cognitive behavioural therapy which is a therapy taken up by psychologists.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Srikanth Reddy (34 minutes later)
shold itake prodep80mg in onedose or two doses.
please mention how many mg of the add on medicine should take.
prodep80mg to be taken in one dosage or two dosage. add on medicine name and how many mg daily along with prodep60mg.
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Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (45 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Suggestions

Detailed Answer:
Hello
If a similar patient comes to my clinic I would like to ask him take fluoxetine 40mg twice a day. For add on to fluoxetine I would suggest that he should start clomipramine 25mg at night and gradually increase it to 75mg or 150mg in divided doses as required. Or fluvoxammine is started at 50mg at night and can be increased to 100mg depending on need if required.
However I would like to inform you that health care magic is an online forum and legally we cannot prescribe you the medicines as we are not physically examining you. I would suggest that you visit your regular psychiatrist and discuss the options mentioned by me. He will be more than happy to help you with the prescriptions.
Thanks and regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
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Suggest Treatment For OCD Inspite Of Taking Prodep

Brief Answer: Yes Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. OCD is one of the difficult to treat illnesses. Although fluoxetine at 60 mg is a good drug but if there is no improvement then the dose can be increased to even 80mg. Other options are taking add-on fluvoxamine or clomipramine etc. These drugs mayu also help you with the symptoms. Another option is taking add-on cognitive behavioural therapy which is a therapy taken up by psychologists. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.