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A 25-year-old female asked:
I cant stop eating and purging and all drugs has no effect (prozac 20 mg , resperidal 2 mg , anafronil 75mg and effexor (venlafaxine) xr ) what can i do (bulimia nervosa)?
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Dr. Matthew Smithanswered
Psychiatry 42 years experience
Better assessment: You describe a panoply of medications, all at doses too low to be effective.. You need a medication reassessment, which will consider medicatiion at an adequate dose. And you need to consider nonmedication -- psychotherapy -- approaches.
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