Drug dependency

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Drug dependency

Asked for Male, 23 Years

Hi I'm taking desvenlafaxine for the past 5 months and now my physcatrist have added fluoxetine weekly once with old medication Is it risky to mix these two drug ? Will it worsen my condition? And please someone clarify I read tat antidepressants cause sucidal thoughts is tat true ? I'm afraid that even I'll get those thoughts And pls let me know which is better fluoxetine or desvenlafaxine ?

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Dr. Shabir Ahmad Dar

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Dr. Dinesh Reddy P Psychiatrist 10 yrs exp Chittoor · Accepted Answer

Dr. Dinesh Reddy P

Psychiatrist 10 yrs exp Chittoor

You can take both,since ur improvement is low, Dr might added another antidepressant, don't worry