Suggest Treatment For Recurrent Depression

Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2015

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Question : I AM 53 YEARS OLD AND IN LAST 20 YEARS I HAD ATTACK OF DEPRESSION AFTER 4 OR 3 YEARS AND I TAKE THR REXIPRA 10 FOR TWO TO THREE MONTH AND GET OUT OUT OF THE ILLNESS. MY QUERY IS FOR HOW LONG I SHOULD TAKE THE MEDICINE REXIPRA 10. I TAKE ONLY ONE REXIPRA 10 DAILY.
THYANKS.

Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
drug should be continued for longer period.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.

I can understand your concerns.

The antidepressant drugs (rexipra in your case) are usually prescribed for 6 months after complete remission of symptoms.

Since you are having recurrent depression, i would advice you to take rexipra for a longer period.
Most of the treatment guidelines recommend drug treatment to be given for atleast 3-5 years in case of recurrent depression.

You should discuss this with your treating psychiatrist.

Hope this helps.

Feel free to ask further.

Thanks.
Dr. Shubham Mehta, MD(Psychiatry).

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar