My mother has been prescribed - for her treatment resistant ocd:- veniz xr- 100 mg - day and night paroxetine- 37.5 mg - day and night mirtazapine - 7.5 mg (night) aripiprazole- 5 mg (night) is it okay to combine so many medications together? Should I be worried? Aripiprazole- 5 mg (night)
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Dear ria, your mother's psychiatrist knows the safety vs risk of these combination. Have faith in her/him. Some time ocd becomes difficult to manage reducing the quality of life of the person suffering. It needs a combination of medicines and some time therapy and neuromodulation also. Don't worry all these medicines are at lowest dose to reduce the side effects.
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No you should not be worried.
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Has it been combined in the first instance or after adding medication one by one over a period of time when desirable improvement was not met? This means a lot. So get back with the same details elaborately. Good luck.
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Combining all these medications need not be feared as these are well within therapeutic range. But, are all these medications needed that too at lower levels of therapeutic range is a question only your mother's psychiatrist can answer as each patient varies. As such nothing to worry. But you can still consider second opinion about the choice of drugs and their dosages.
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