Drug therapy is not a cure - by using drug therapy only the symptoms of the phobia are being cured intstead of the phobia itself
As it is a drug therapy there may be lots of side effects cause (eg as beta-blockers are reducing a person's heart rate and blood pressure it may cause them to become very light-headed). Adding to this, the drugs may also become addictive so even if the individual doesn't need to use them they may carry on using them.
Drug therapies have been found to be effective in combined therapy. This is using a drug therapy to treat the symptoms and make the person feel more relaxed while using a psychological therapy like CBT to treat the causes of the phobia.
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