Posted by ed_uk2010 on June 15, 2010, at 13:44:01
In reply to Is Memantine becoming popular for OCD?, posted by mogger on June 14, 2010, at 18:26:14
> Hi there,
> I was thinking about asking my pdoc about memantine for ocd and was wondering if anyone had any positive experiences with it and whether if anyone knows whether it is becoming more prevalent in psychiatry for depression/ocd rather than just being experimental? Many thanks for your response,
>
> JosephHi Joseph,
Using memantine for OCD is still experimental - evidence of efficacy is limited at the moment. As far as I am aware, there have been no double-blind randomised controlled trials. Evidence so far is based on case reports and a small number of relatively poor quality studies. There is some evidence to suggest that memantine has activity in OCD but not in GAD.
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