title: Venlafaxine treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: case reports.
abstract: About one-third of patients affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder fail to respond to serotonergic drugs and different strategies have been proposed for these resistant cases. This article reports experiences with venlafaxine in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who did not respond or did not tolerate serotonergic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. dmarazzi@psico.med.unipi.it
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marazziti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
chemical_list: D003511:Cyclohexanols; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride