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What Causes Severe Anxiety And Agitation Despite Taking Ativan?
Brief Answer:
SSRIs are the better option
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
For treatment of Anxiety and depression SSRIs are the best option for permanent treatment. They are preferred over benzos as they are not habit forming ad most people tolerate it better in comparison to benzos. Benzos are good for short term but for long term SSRIs are the treatment of choice.
Currently available SSRIs include Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro and Fluvoxamine.
In addtion SNRI group of medicine can also be used which includes effexor, Pristiq.
I hope this helps you.
If you have further queries feel free to write back to me.
Thanks and regards
SSRIs are the better option
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
For treatment of Anxiety and depression SSRIs are the best option for permanent treatment. They are preferred over benzos as they are not habit forming ad most people tolerate it better in comparison to benzos. Benzos are good for short term but for long term SSRIs are the treatment of choice.
Currently available SSRIs include Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro and Fluvoxamine.
In addtion SNRI group of medicine can also be used which includes effexor, Pristiq.
I hope this helps you.
If you have further queries feel free to write back to me.
Thanks and regards
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Dr. Shanthi.E
is valium used for anxiety
Brief Answer:
Yes it is used
Detailed Answer:
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Thanks for reverting back to me.
Valium is used for anxiety off label use as it is not approved for anxiety. In addition it causes day time sedation which impairs activity during day.
There are multiple better options are avaialble for anxirety and I d not recommend Valium for this purpose.
If you want to choose among benzos although there are issues of dependence and tolerance, you can go for Klonopin.
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Yes it is used
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for reverting back to me.
Valium is used for anxiety off label use as it is not approved for anxiety. In addition it causes day time sedation which impairs activity during day.
There are multiple better options are avaialble for anxirety and I d not recommend Valium for this purpose.
If you want to choose among benzos although there are issues of dependence and tolerance, you can go for Klonopin.
I hope this helps you.
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:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386
Thanks and regards
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