Posted by dr. dave on October 10, 2002, at 8:10:49
In reply to Re: Technical questions /bottom. » JLM, posted by pharmrep on October 9, 2002, at 16:18:08
The relative side-effects of Lexapro and Celexa are as follows
Side effect..........................Lexapro..............CelexaHeadache............................15.8%..............19.9%
Nausea................................15.0%..............17.2%
Ejaculation disorder..............9.3%(of men)...8.8%
Insomnia..............................9.2%................8.6%
Diarrhoea.............................8.0%...............10.8%
Somnolence.........................6.9%................4.7%
Mouth dry............................6.2%...............8.1%
Upper resp tract infection.....6.2%...............3.9%
Dizziness..............................6.0%...............5.6%
Flu-like symptoms................5.0%...............6.1%
Rhinitis.................................4.9%...............5.6%
Sinusitis................................4.3%...............5.1%
'Overall, the type and frequency of TEAEs (treatment-emergent adverse events) reported with escitalopram and citalopram were very similar, and are in line with AEs reported for citalopram previously. For the TEAEs listed (above) there were no statistically significant differences for incidences of these events between the escitalopram and citalopram treatment groups.'
This is the official information from Lundbeck about relative side-effects. I wonder if you still stand by the comments that Lexapro has fewer side-effects than Celexa, and that Celexa causes somnolence while Lexapro does not?
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