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Is It Safe To Use Sizodon And Olimelt For Depression?

My brother is suffering from depression
His age is 31 and going through the stress of marriage failure.
Doctor has prescribed sizodon 1 mg in morning and olimelt 10 mg at night.
Please suggest how much time these medicines neeed to be taken and are they safe??
Wed, 26 Mar 2014
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Hello
Both the drugs you mentioned are anti psychotics and not antidepressants. So, the diagnosis must be something different.

Without actually knowing the symptoms profile correctly- it will be unwise of anyone to tell if the meds are right or wrong.

So, we need to know either his symptoms or proper clinical diagnoisis to help you.
Term Depression is used to refer to almost all pscyhiatric diagnosis by lay-man now a days.This almost carry no significance.

Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
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Is It Safe To Use Sizodon And Olimelt For Depression?

Hello Both the drugs you mentioned are anti psychotics and not antidepressants. So, the diagnosis must be something different. Without actually knowing the symptoms profile correctly- it will be unwise of anyone to tell if the meds are right or wrong. So, we need to know either his symptoms or proper clinical diagnoisis to help you. Term Depression is used to refer to almost all pscyhiatric diagnosis by lay-man now a days.This almost carry no significance. Dr. Manisha Gopal MD Psychiatry