Question 58 (part 2) · LEK · Obsessive-compulsive disorder
A 22-year-old has been concentrating on putting the objects around him in order for more than a year. He washes his hands several dozen times a day. The reasons for his presentation were exhaustion with the symptoms, a sense of growing hopelessness and family pressure. Which of the following is recommended in pharmacotherapy of patients with such symptoms:
- A. moclobemide in high doses.
- B. moclobemide in low doses.
- C. fluvoxamine in high doses.
- D. fluvoxamine in low doses.
- E. mirtazapine in low doses.
Hint
The picture is OCD; recall the first-line drug class and how its effective doses compare with those used in depression.
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