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‘Safety First: Five-Year Report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness’ recommends that patients at risk of suicide, including all patients with a recent history of self-harm, who are treated with psychotropic drugs should receive modern, less toxic drugs and/or supplies lasting no more than 2 weeks.

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	Name	Tariff	BNF Sub Paragraph
	Citalopram 10 mg tab Pack of 28	£0.66	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Citalopram 20 mg tab Pack of 28	£0.68	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Fluoxetine 20 mg cap Pack of 30	£0.77	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Citalopram 40 mg tab Pack of 28	£0.87	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Sertraline 50 mg tablets Pack of 28	£0.89	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
Initial treatment options for adults with social anxiety disorder include non drug treatment options but if the person wishes to proceed with a pharmacological intervention sertraline is an option
	Sertraline 100 mg tablets Pack of 28	£1.14	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Fluoxetine 60 mg cap Pack of 30	£1.76	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Fluoxetine Solution 20 mg/5ml Pack of 70	£4.91	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Citalopram Oral Drops 40 mg / ml Pack of 15	£12.56	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
8 mg (4 drops) Cipramil oral drops may be considered to be equivalent in therapeutic effect to 10 mg citalopram tablet.
	Paroxetine 20 mg tab Pack of 30	£1.23	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Escitalopram 10 mg tab Pack of 28	£1.34	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Paroxetine 30 mg tab Pack of 30	£1.35	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Escitalopram 20 mg tab Pack of 28	£1.59	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Escitalopram 5 mg tab Pack of 28	£1.94	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Fluoxetine (Olena) 20 mg dispersable tablets Pack of 28	£3.44	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Escitalopram Drops (Cipralex) 20 mg / ml Pack of 15	£20.16	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Paroxetine (Seroxat) 20 mg tab Pack of 30	£15.23	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors
	Sertraline 25 mg tablets Pack of 28	£19.91	Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors