Dear doctor we have a patient of o.c.d. It's now known fact that it's due to hyper activity of mglur5. Proven medication is not available and are under development. You are requested to kindly help us by informing the safest method to block it like zinc nootropics (eg. Memantine, inositol) or as you know better like ayurvedic, homeopathic remedies). We will be highly obliged and thankful to you. You are requested to write with dosage etc.

Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist46yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, Any new drug undergoes many stages in research. For every 10000 drugs discovered, harly one drug comes out after the 3 stages of drug development. Mglur5 is still in animal studies stage. It may take another 10 or more long years to come for human trials (not to market) - that too if it works. It may die like all 9999 drugs before that. Both memantine and inositol are available in India. Though not approved for OCD, still you can try, if you can tolerate. Proven medication for OCD now is SSRI. It needs high doses for many months or years. Other treatments are ERP, rTMS, deep brain stimulation, surgery on brain with gamma knife. You have to consult ayurvedic and homeopathic doctors for remedies in their system. 

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