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A 31-year-old male asked:

Psychiatric put me on venlafaxine for severe panic attack,ocd & psychosomatic(chest pressure& headache).is it effective in my case as serotonin?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

Effexor: On lower doses, the Venlafaxine will be increasing serotonin. It will impact norepinephrine at higher doses.

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