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About Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi
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I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.

 
   

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Pharmacy - phobia depression


Expert: Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi - 10/5/2009

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dear sir
i showed to psychitirist 2 weeks ago he prescribed me escitalopram 10 mg once daily i am serving it , since starting this medicine i am feeling that my libido is developing which i lost from taking primox for 2 years, i am feeling very better with cipralex , my anxity has also reduced, my doctor told me that escitalopram is rarely effecting to libido , sir my question is that i have my marriage in january , can i have sex with my wife while on this medicine.

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Hi MD,
While it is true that some SSRI caus loss of libido, not all the drugs do that. I would suggest that you decide whether the drug helps you or not. Even if there is some reduction of libido sex life is not usually affected. Therefore I would suggest that you go ahead and get married, mostly it will not affect you.
Ravi Ghooi

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