A Case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Responding to Duloxetine

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Sir: Despite extensive clinical use of serotonin reuptakeinhibitors, clomipramine, and venlafaxine¹ in the treatment ofobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), to our knowledge therehave been no reports on the use of duloxetine to treat patientswith this disorder. We report the successful use of duloxetine totreat a patient with OCD.