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Posted on Wed, 2 Apr 2014
Question: Anxiety current medication oliza 2.5 ,clobaz 5 mg, flunil 60 mg.....medication has helped me to improve certain level but it still I have to face anxiety. Main problem is I can not sleep properly at all.i have dry cough whenever I face tension or I go to crowded places social places....I am not at all comfortable to visit unknown place...please suggest medication
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Answered by Dr. Lav Kaushik (3 hours later)
Brief Answer: Effective management of anxiety Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to the site. Well it seems like your current drug regime is not working beyond a certain level of improvement that it has brought about. So i will like to suggest a few changes in your drug regime that you may discuss with your prescribing doctor. 1) Replace clobaz with a much more potent drug belonging to the same benzodiazepine class called as clonazepam ( brands available -- zicam, zapiz, rivotril, etc) at dose of 0.25 mg twice a day, 10 hours gap between the two doses. This changeover shall provide you faster control over anxiety. The nigh time clonazepam shall also help you with your sleep. 2) Add an augmenting agent like Buspirone ( brands available -- buspin, buscalm) at dose of 5 mg three times a day so that it potentates the action of fluinil and bring about more effective control over your anxiety. 3) oliza and fluinil can continued as they are being used. You shall give this revised drug regime at least 2-3 weeks so as to notice more improvement in your anxiety. I hope this answers your query. If there is any further query / doubt please feel free to ask using the follow up option. If there is no further clarification needed by you then please close this conversation and kindly rate the answer. Regards
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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety

Brief Answer: Effective management of anxiety Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to the site. Well it seems like your current drug regime is not working beyond a certain level of improvement that it has brought about. So i will like to suggest a few changes in your drug regime that you may discuss with your prescribing doctor. 1) Replace clobaz with a much more potent drug belonging to the same benzodiazepine class called as clonazepam ( brands available -- zicam, zapiz, rivotril, etc) at dose of 0.25 mg twice a day, 10 hours gap between the two doses. This changeover shall provide you faster control over anxiety. The nigh time clonazepam shall also help you with your sleep. 2) Add an augmenting agent like Buspirone ( brands available -- buspin, buscalm) at dose of 5 mg three times a day so that it potentates the action of fluinil and bring about more effective control over your anxiety. 3) oliza and fluinil can continued as they are being used. You shall give this revised drug regime at least 2-3 weeks so as to notice more improvement in your anxiety. I hope this answers your query. If there is any further query / doubt please feel free to ask using the follow up option. If there is no further clarification needed by you then please close this conversation and kindly rate the answer. Regards