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based on the optimal duration of initial pharmacological treatment (8 weeks) and maintenance treatment (26 weeks) and to allow for switching to second-line treatment in patients not responding to 8 weeks of first-line treatment
Costs (2011 values) included those associated with drug acquisition, visits to general practitioners, and other health and social care incurred by patients not responding to treatment or relapsing following response
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Sertraline best option for GAD in the UK. PharmacoEcon Outcomes News 675, 7 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40274-013-0285-x
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