Yes the medication were prescribed by a doctor. I know there is no medication currently for stuttering but there are many medication that is having off label use. For eg latuda is a medication for bipolar and dr macquire actually done a study on their effect on stuttering and it yielded positive results and there is also a study on paxil for stuttering which also gave out positive result. Anyway my doctor knew about these medications use on stuttering, and thats why he prescribed to me. But yes there are side effect like lethargy, and so on anyway will keep you posted on my improvement