Anxiety meds

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Anxiety meds

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Which is the best ssri for generalised anxiety disorder? Paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, escitalopram?

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Dr. Bilal Ahmad Bhat

Sexologist 11 yrs exp Srinagar

Consult a Psychiatrist, don't self medicate All of these are used in Generalised anxiety disorder

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Dr. Shabir Ahmad Dar

Neuropsychiatrist 11 yrs exp Srinagar

Sertraline and fluoxetine are fda approved

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Dr. Dinesh Singh Rathor Psychiatrist 20 yrs exp Agra · Accepted Answer

Dr. Dinesh Singh Rathor

Psychiatrist 20 yrs exp Agra

They are more or less equally efficacious but choice of SSRI depends on various factors which usually case specific like age, symptom profile, metabolism ,side effects etc. Thanks

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