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Suggest Treatment For Depression Despite Medication

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Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2015
Question: Three years back I was prescribed zocert100 mg by my psychiatrist. Then I withdrew the medicine as per the Doctors advivise after 3 months. Now once again I have the symptomps of depression, illmoods, fear and worthlessness etc. Can I take this medicine once again. Please advise the dosage. i will be thankful for your prescription
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Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (37 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
you can restart with the earlier dose of zosert.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
I understand your concerns.

Your symptoms of depression responded well to zosert earlier.
Now again you have symptoms of depression.

The thumb rule of prescribing anti-depressants is to give the same drug to which patient responded earlier.

So, zosert would be the best choice for you.
In my opinion, you can restart with the same dose of zosert which you were taking earlier.

Its better to consult your local psychiatrist and discuss this.

This platform does not allow us to give prescriptions. I am sorry for that.

Hope my suggestions are helpful for you.

Feel free to discuss further.
Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Depression Despite Medication

Brief Answer: you can restart with the earlier dose of zosert. Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to HCM. I understand your concerns. Your symptoms of depression responded well to zosert earlier. Now again you have symptoms of depression. The thumb rule of prescribing anti-depressants is to give the same drug to which patient responded earlier. So, zosert would be the best choice for you. In my opinion, you can restart with the same dose of zosert which you were taking earlier. Its better to consult your local psychiatrist and discuss this. This platform does not allow us to give prescriptions. I am sorry for that. Hope my suggestions are helpful for you. Feel free to discuss further. Thanks.