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Selecting a Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Alison Kelly
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Abstract

Although considered rare and intractable until relatively recently, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is now recognized as a common condition that can be treated. Clomipramine initially dominated the treatment of OCD, but the introduction of the selective serotonin reup-take inhibitors (SSRIs) now allows OCD to be treated without the unpleasant adverse effects associated with the high doses of clomipramine necessary in OCD. Double-blind, placebo-controlled, and active treatment comparison trials showing the efficacy of fluvoxamine and fluoxetine in particular now provide good reasons to consider SSRIs as first-line therapy for OCD.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , November 1996, pp. 32 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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