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Posted by yeltom on September 27, 2002, at 22:30:29
The literature says that 10 mg. of Lexapro is equivalent to 40 mg. of Celexa. Does that mesh with people's experience? I don't understand why isolating one of two isomers would make the drug 4 times as potent rather than twice as potent. (I'm not a chemist, but I would have assumed the isomers in Celexa would have existed in a 1:1 ratio). Can someone explain this? I guess I'm suspicious that the makers of the drug wanted to claim that 10 mg. was equivalent to 40 mg so that they could point to a lower incidence of side effects, which wouldn't have been the case if 10 mg was equivalent to 20 mg.
Posted by Phil on September 28, 2002, at 10:11:16
In reply to Lexapro Dosage (vs. Celexa), posted by yeltom on September 27, 2002, at 22:30:29
I'm taking 15 mg of Lexapro and I was taking 60 mg of Celexa. Works for me. It's starting to do everything Forest said it would. I really hope this drug can help a lot of people. So far, it's the best AD I think I've ever taken. Far fewer SE's than anything I've ever taken. We'll see if it continues to work.
Posted by Dr. Bob on September 29, 2002, at 2:30:47
In reply to Lexapro Dosage (vs. Celexa), posted by yeltom on September 27, 2002, at 22:30:29
> The literature says that 10 mg. of Lexapro is equivalent to 40 mg. of Celexa...
I know it can be confusing, but it's Psycho-Babble (just one "Psycho") that focuses on medication issues, so I'd like to redirect this discussion there:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020922/msgs/121478.html
Thanks,
Bob
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