127 patient evaluations for Escitalopram

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Jul 9, 2010 (Started Nov 06, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 4, 2010 (Started Aug 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: nausea

Mar 28, 2010 (Started Aug 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Side effects: nausea
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 7, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depression with anxiety)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry eyes, dry mouth, dry skin, emotional numbness or flatness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Side effects: emotional numbness or flatness, dry mouth, dry eyes, dry skin
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 31, 2009 (Started Feb 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2009 (Started Jun 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 18, 2010 (Started Apr 28, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 15, 2010 (Started Jan 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The decreased libido is not as bad as it was when I took Paxil
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased sex drive (libido)
  • 0 helpful marks

May 7, 2010 (Started Apr 11, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (occasional erectile dysfunction)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This drug really reduce your erectile function. It didn't make me feel better. The doctor changed me to Efexxor 75 mg daily.
Side effects: occasional erectile dysfunction
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Jan 22, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Kills libido and not very effective
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: brain fog, restlessness (akathisia), decreased sex drive (libido)

Jan 16, 2009 (Started Jan 22, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (brain fog, decreased sex drive (libido), restlessness (akathisia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
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 with you because you dont feel emotions as strongly as you think you should.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: brain fog, restlessness (akathisia), decreased sex drive (libido)
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 24, 2010 (Started Jan 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (difficulty with orgasm, sexual side effects)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Worked well for depression and anxiety but its sexual side effects were problematic in a budding relationship. Started as delayed ejaculatory response, which seemed beneficial at first, but soon turned into anorgasmia and erectile dysfunction. Worth a try but can be frustrating if you have these side effects and sexual activity is occurring in your life at the time.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sexual side effects, difficulty with orgasm
  • 0 helpful marks
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