Posted by Dave001 on October 19, 2004, at 21:16:05
In reply to Re: Lexapro, posted by CrazyCO on October 19, 2004, at 17:39:40
> It causes a lot of weight gain, myself a friend and a relative all took lexapro and all gained at least 20 lbs within just a couple of months, and it wasn't dosage related, because I was on 40mg, my relative was on 20, and the friend on 10mg. Also after taking for around a year my memory loss had become so bad, that I had to switch to something else.
The fact that the weight gain was seemingly unrelated to the dose is probably good evidence that Lexapro was not the cause of weight gain. Anecdotal comments like this carry very little weight (no pun intended) when we have double blind placebo controlled studies showing no significant effect on weight from escitalopram.
Dave
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