Celexa (citalopram) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Citalopram
What is Celexa?
Celexa, a brand name for citalopram, is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression and is used to treat depression.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 275 |
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57 |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 72 |
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14 |
| Anxiety | 70 |
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12 | |
| Other | 30 |
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4 | |
| General health | 12 |
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| Support another treatment | 8 | 0 |
See all 414 patients currently taking Celexa
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Celexa. See all 21 dosages ►
| daily | 0.5 mg daily | 1 other daily | 10 mg/5 mL daily | 10 mg/5 mL daily | 10 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 20 daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 40 daily | 40 mg daily | 40 mg one time | 45 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 80 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 120 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 1200 mg one time | ||
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1
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2
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27
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20
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1
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1
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157
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15
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1
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136
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1
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1
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1
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32
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8
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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38 | 33% |
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Side effects too severe
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33 | 28% |
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Other
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29 | 25% |
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Doctor's advice
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21 | 18% |
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Course of treatment ended
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8 | 7% |
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Expense
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5 | 4% |
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Personal research
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4 | 3% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 86 patient evaluations
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- mountabora
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Moderate
- 25 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Low
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- mountabora
- 20 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2002
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Efficacy
None
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Cassiopeia
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- Cassiopeia
- 40 mg daily
- since Sep 26, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for General health
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Very mild. Do not expect any major changes in mood or behavior. See full evaluation
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- Unicat
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Unicat
- 20 mg daily
- since Dec 03, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 86 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.