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How Safe Is Taking Lexapro For Anxiety And Depression?
HI,I suffer with depression and anxiety and i have being on lexapro for a lot of years. I sometimes worry about whether I took my meds twice or not. I have them in a box, Mon to Sun, but when i fill it etc I get confused. Would it be dangerous if I took more than my normal dose. Recently went up to 10mg so I may have taken two doses of 10mg Is this dangerous
Wed, 12 Feb 2014
Greetings !
Well while i will recommend you to be more vigilant and to mark your daily dosing of lexapro so as to avoid confusion but to answer your question the 2 doses of 10 mg lexapro that you might have taken by mistake still fall within the safe therapeutic dose range which is 5-20 mg / day so you need not worry at this moment as even if you have taken double of what you usually take still the total dose is within the safe range for lexapro.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Well while i will recommend you to be more vigilant and to mark your daily dosing of lexapro so as to avoid confusion but to answer your question the 2 doses of 10 mg lexapro that you might have taken by mistake still fall within the safe therapeutic dose range which is 5-20 mg / day so you need not worry at this moment as even if you have taken double of what you usually take still the total dose is within the safe range for lexapro.
I hope this helps.
Regards
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