Posted by Impermanence on January 24, 2005, at 20:33:02
In reply to Citalopram vs Escitalopram, posted by jms600 on January 24, 2005, at 17:03:51
Very little difference. Basically Forest Laboratories lost the patent for Celexa (Citalopram) and where afraid of losing hundreds of millions a year like Eli Lilly did when Prozac went generic so they came up with Lexapro (Escitalopram) the active isomer of Celexa. Supposedly cleaner with less negative side effects, it's a striped down version of Celexa, unneeded molecules removed so we can take less of the drug and have the same antidepressant effect. Escitalopram 10mg/day has been shown to be at least as effective as citalopram 40mg/day. I take Lexapro and believe me I had two months of hell before my body got used to it.
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