Keeping well and who can help
Types of treatment Medicine If you are prescribed any medicine, your GP should tell you how it is expected to help and let you know about any side effects that may occur. It may take a few weeks before medicine helps someone to start feeling better but it is important to take the treatment for the length of time recommended by the GP. If someone stops taking the medicine too soon (even if they feel better) they could feel worse again. Information about medicine used to treat mental health problems is available from NHS Inform. You can call them on 0800 22 44 88 or see their website www.nhsinform.scot.
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