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How Long Should Fluvoxamine Be Taken For Treatment Of Anxiety?
I have a nine year old daughter on fluvoxamine for anxiety. How long would you recommend her to be on it? Have there been any studies on long term side effects? Our family doctor has told me she may have to be on it for the rest of her life. I m not comfortable with that, even though I have seen a remarkable improvement in her behavior
Mon, 20 Apr 2015
If there is a remarkable improvement in her behaviour and if she behaves like a normal child without throwing any tantrums and not showing any anxiety or depression, u can continue the medications for a couple of weeks and simultaneously take her to a child psychologist for. a few sittings of counselling and gradually taper the dose of Flavoxamine drug and finally stop it.
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