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Brand Names: Cipralex, Esipram, Lexapro, Seroplex
Generic Name: Escitalopram

What is Escitalopram? Escitalopram 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 or anxiety. It is used to treat anxiety and major depressive disorder. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

171 patients in the community are taking or have taken Escitalopram.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 94 54%
Other 31 18%
Anxiety 25 14%
Mood swings 7 4%
General health 4 2%
Emotional lability 3 1%
Fatigue 2 1%
Difficulty sleeping through night 2 1%
Burning sensation, skin 1 <1%
bipolar disorder 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Escitalopram.

  0 mg day 1 mg day 5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 30 mg day 40 mg day 60 mg day 200 mg day
  7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 66 Number of Patients: 66 53 Number of Patients: 53 5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Escitalopram or how long patients were taking Escitalopram before stopping.

Currently taking Escitalopram

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
13
21
26
40

Stopped taking Escitalopram

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
2
3
3
4
Why Patients Stopped Taking Escitalopram (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 32% Other: 32%
Doctor's advice 4 21% Doctor's advice: 21%
Did not seem to work 3 16% Did not seem to work: 16%
Expense 3 16% Expense: 16%
Personal research 2 11% Personal research: 11%
Course of treatment ended 2 11% Course of treatment ended: 11%
Side effects too severe 1 5% Side effects too severe: 5%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 40% 4
Moderate 50% 5
Slight 10% 1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 33% 5
None 67% 10

Top reported side-effects include: Apathy, Fatigue, Brain fog

Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)

  • tink1227
    Sensation: None
    Overall: None
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
    See profile
  • tink1227
  • by tink1227
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Depression

  • notgivenup
    Sensation: Mild
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • notgivenup
  • by notgivenup
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Depression

See all evaluation results for Escitalopram



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