What medicine does obsessive-compulsive disorder take?

At present, all the anti-obsessive-compulsive drugs used are antidepressants, but the dosage is larger than that of depression, which is characterized by regulating the function of neurotransmitters such as serotonin in the brain, thus reducing anxiety and improving the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSTIs) are mainly used, including fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine, citalopram and clomipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. When necessary, propranolol and benzodiazepines are also used to help relieve patients' anxiety and improve insomnia. For refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder, risperidone, quetiapine, olanzapine and aripiprazole are often combined as synergists to improve the curative effect. Like psychotherapy, the curative effect of drug therapy is not immediate. Generally, it takes 10 ~ 12 weeks for SSRIs to achieve complete anti-compulsion. If the treatment is effective, it is still necessary to maintain medication 1 ~ 2 years to consolidate the curative effect.

Drugs are treated according to biological hypothesis, and the effective rate is 40~60%. The effective rate here is remission, and we have to consider the inevitable side effects and the difficulty of reducing drugs in the later stage because of the need for continuous use of drugs. The most important thing is that the psychological and personality factors of OCD patients and their ability to cope with the external environment are unlikely to be truly relieved by drugs. However, it should also be noted that for some patients in acute stage, they still need to take medicine in stages under professional guidance.

Common drugs for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder are as follows:

Commonly used drugs for obsessive-compulsive disorder