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Suggest Treatment For BP Issues And Depression While On Sertraline

I have been on sertraline 100mg for a while I am having a lot of blood pressure issues I am depressed doesn t seem like I can feel any better seen my dr yesterday told him how depressed I was intead of increasing the sertraline he cut it back to 50mg a day I don t understand. Could you give me some input? My email address is YYYY@YYYY
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Hi,

Sorry to hear about your problems. The maximum dose of sertraline is 100 MG. We do not recommend the dose more than this. So it couldn't be increased.

The decrease in dose might be if he has added another drug. Or if he wants to switch to another drug so gradually decreasing the dose.

Sometimes drug itself may cause anxiety so this may be another reason why he could have reduced the dose.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman, General & Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For BP Issues And Depression While On Sertraline

Hi, Sorry to hear about your problems. The maximum dose of sertraline is 100 MG. We do not recommend the dose more than this. So it couldn t be increased. The decrease in dose might be if he has added another drug. Or if he wants to switch to another drug so gradually decreasing the dose. Sometimes drug itself may cause anxiety so this may be another reason why he could have reduced the dose. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman, General & Family Physician