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Brand Names: Alcytan, Celexa, Cipramil
See also: Citalopram Hydrobromide

What is Citalopram? Citalopram is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Citalopram affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression. It is used in the treatment of depression. Read more...Click to read more below

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


Reasons Taken

378 patients in the community are taking or have taken Citalopram.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 135 35%
Treat my mood condition(s) 122 32%
Other 59 15%
Anxiety 17 4%
Emotional lability 14 3%
General health 10 2%
disease-related symptoms 3 <1%
Stomach pain 1 <1%
Headaches 1 <1%
swelling feet 1 <1%
Mood swings 1 <1%
Lack of motivation 1 <1%
stress 1 <1%
Back pain 1 <1%
Treat my MSA 1 <1%
Treat Parkinson's 1 <1%
Treat my HIV 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Citalopram.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg day 0.5 mg day 1.5 mg day 7.5 mg day 10 mg day 15 mg day 20 mg day 20 day 30 mg day 40 mg day 40 day 45 mg day 50 mg day 60 mg day 80 mg day 100 mg day 120 mg day 200 mg day 250 mg day 1200 mg day
  15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 25 Number of Patients: 25 1 Number of Patients: 1 147 Number of Patients: 147 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 82 Number of Patients: 82 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Citalopram

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
26
27
51
35
87

Stopped taking Citalopram

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
7
12
6
5
9
19
Why Patients Stopped Taking Citalopram (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 29 49% Did not seem to work: 49%
Doctor's advice 14 24% Doctor's advice: 24%
Other 14 24% Other: 24%
Side effects too severe 13 22% Side effects too severe: 22%
Course of treatment ended 4 7% Course of treatment ended: 7%
Personal research 3 5% Personal research: 5%
Expense 2 3% Expense: 3%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 39 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 25% 4
Moderate 44% 7
Slight 13% 2
None 13% 2
Can't tell 6% 1

Treat my mood condition(s)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 3% 1
Moderate 13% 5
Mild 26% 10
None 59% 23

Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, Memory lapses ("brain blinks"), Short-term memory loss

Summary results are based on 39 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 39)

  • mountabora
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 0
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Moderate
    24 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • mountabora
  • by mountabora
    Aug 20, 2002
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat my mood condition(s)

  • kleeko
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • kleeko
  • by kleeko
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Anxiety

See all evaluation results for Citalopram



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