MAJOR DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER, USUALLY 20 MG EACH MORNING, HIGHER DOSES ON SPECIALIST ADVICE ONLY (SEE ALSO CSM ADVICE, BELOW); MAX. 50 MG DAILY (ELDERLY 40 MG DAILY); CHILD AND ADOLESCENT UNDER 18 YEARS NOT RECOMMENDED (SEE CSM ADVICE)
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, INITIALLY 20 MG EACH MORNING, INCREASED GRADUALLY IN STEPS OF 10 MG TO USUAL DOSE OF 40 MG DAILY, HIGHER DOSES ON SPECIALIST ADVICE ONLY (SEE ALSO CSM ADVICE, BELOW); MAX. 60 MG DAILY (ELDERLY 40 MG DAILY); CHILD AND ADOLESCENT UNDER 18 YEARS NOT RECOMMENDED
PANIC DISORDER, INITIALLY 10 MG EACH MORNING, INCREASED GRADUALLY IN STEPS OF 10 MG TO USUAL DOSE OF 40 MG DAILY, HIGHER DOSES ON SPECIALIST ADVICE ONLY (SEE ALSO CSM ADVICE, BELOW); MAX. 60 MG DAILY (ELDERLY 40 MG DAILY); CHILD AND ADOLESCENT UNDER 18 YEARS NOT RECOMMENDED
CSM ADVICE THE RECOMMENDED DOSE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IS 20 MG DAILY AND FOR OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND PANIC DISORDER IT IS 40 MG DAILY. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT HIGHER DOSES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE.