Drug therapy for OCD - Evaluation

• one strength of drug therapy for OCD is its effective in tackling OCD symptoms. There's clear evidence for the effectiveness of SSRI's in reducing the severity of OCD symptoms, improving quality of life for OCD patients. Effectiveness is greatest when SSRIS are combined with a psychological treatment, usually CBT. This is a strength because it shows drugs can help most patients with OCD
• Another strength of drug therapy for OCD is it is cost-effective and non-disruptive. Drug treatments in general are cheap in comparison to psychological treatments so using drugs to treat OCD is good value for a public health system. As compared to psychological therapies, SSRIs are non-disruptive to patients' lives, If you wish, you can stop taking drugs when your symptoms decline. This makes the treatment popular among patients and doctors 
• A weakness of drug therapy for OCD is drugs can have side -effects. Although drugs like SSRIs can be helpful, not everyone benefits from them. Some patients also suffer side effects e.g. blurred vision, indigestion, and loss of sex drive. Clomipramine takers may even suffer from disruption to heart rhythm and blood pressure. This is a weakness as such factors reduce effectiveness because people stop taking the medication.