Posted by likewater on February 3, 2002, at 0:22:37
In reply to Re: Prozac one went south!, posted by djmmm on February 2, 2002, at 23:52:59
Everyone is aying that this will be barely better except for side effects.
Assuming this study is correct in addition to less side effects lexpro shows a quicker esponse time.An excert from Yahoo business:
A pooled analysis of two earlier randomized, double-blind, flexible-dose, placebo-controlled studies with a total of 844 patients showed that patients with major depressive disorder who were treated with either escitalopram or Celexa showed significantly greater improvement than depressed patients receiving placebo. Dosing of escitalopram and Celexa was adjusted as needed at specified intervals during the eight-week studies. Escitalopram was dosed at 10 mg or 20 mg per day, with a mean daily dose of 12.6 mg throughout the studies; Celexa was dosed at either 20 mg or 40 mg per day with a mean daily dose of 25.5 mg throughout the studies. The analysis showed that escitalopram and Celexa were both statistically superior to placebo on all efficacy measures. However, this superiority was demonstrated by escitalopram in the first week of treatment and later in the study by Celexa.
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