What is Escitalopram?
Escitalopram is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is used to treat anxiety and major depressive disorder. Off label it is used for mild agitation in patients with dementia.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | 21 |
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6 | ||
| Anxiety | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 25% |
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Other
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2 | 25% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 25% |
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Expense
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1 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 13% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- young-and-poz
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: none
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 633
- VL < 50
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- young-and-poz
- 30 mg daily
- since May 02, 2007
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
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- ukwildcat
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: moderate
- Physical Symptoms: moderate
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
- 674
- VL 102
- See profile
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- ukwildcat
- 20 mg daily
- since Oct 22, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Depression
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
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- FrankieNinja
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: moderate
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 627
- VL 40
- See profile
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- FrankieNinja
- since Jan 16, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips It keeps your emotions sort of on a flat line so that you highs are not very high and your lows are not very low. Sometimes you think something is wrong wit... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.