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Re: Dr. Switching me from Lexapro to Celaxa » Nixon

Posted by ed_uk on February 12, 2005, at 18:08:30

In reply to Re: Dr. Switching me from Lexapro to Celaxa, posted by Nixon on February 12, 2005, at 17:52:30

>When i took 10mg of Lexapro the Doc told me it was equivalent to 40mg Celexa.

This misleading info was actually provided by the manufacturer! It came from a clinical trial which suggested that 10mg Lexapro had similar AD activity to 40mg Celexa, this is hardly suprising however since 40mg Celexa is no more effective than 20mg Celexa in the majority of patients (in the short term).

Celexa contains 2 chemicals: escitalopram and R-citalopram. Escitalopram is now sold on its own under the brand name Lexapro. 20mg Celexa consists of 10mg escitalopram (Lexapro) and 10mg R-citalopram. R-citalpram has very little pharmacological activity. 10mg Lexapro is therefore equivalent to 20mg Celexa.

Regards,
Ed.


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