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Is Citalopram Generic For Lexapro

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Dr. Shubham Mehta MD

citalopram can be better than Lexapro /escitalopram for my OCD symptoms. Thanks beforehand ...I am on Lexapro 40 mg for more or least five weeks now, because of some OCD symptoms caused by ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shubham Mehta ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Shubham Mehta MD

can I take doxepin after using citalopram? I was told to stopping using citalopram after 28 days ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shubham Mehta ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

After 14 weeks taking 200 mg sertraline , i now have citalopram . Will i get side effects?should citalopram work faster because of the work done by Sertraline? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.   Ashok Kumar MD

I'm on Lexapro 30 MG now. Very expensive. The generic Lexapro does not work for me. Is there an ......I've tried the generic Lexapro and it just doesn't work for me. I have been on... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Chintan Solanki MD

My gp has withdrawn sertraline , i now take citalopram 20mg, titrating up at 10mg/week. I stopped sertraline one day, started citalopram the next. Will i be having withdrawal symptoms AND side effects ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chintan Solanki ( Psychiatrist)

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Dr.   Kerry Pottinger MD

I was recently changed from Lexapro where I had begun noticing mild unilateral ankle swelling to citalopram with increase in bilateral pitting ankle edema . Mostly resolved overnight but not always. Is ... View answer

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Dr.  Akhtarhusain MD

swings. His neurologist gave me a short list of drugs - seratraline, citalopram, and mentioned prozac, lexapro. I am wondering which is perhaps newest/most effective. My friend is on no other medications ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

take citalaphram .25 for a few years for anxiety, as needed and went to my pcp, he gave me lexapro 10 ... 3rd day on Lexapro 10mg, he said take only half, I have been, the nausea has gone away, i m not as ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

switch to 10 mg lexapro. The on-call doctor said to cut the dosage of citalopram in half and see if that ... hibernation mood swings came back. My GP put me on 20 mg of citalopram three weeks ago;... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Abubakar Siddiqh MD

, omeprazol, citalopram (formerly took Lexapro ). Can you tell me if this is an interaction with my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh ( ENT Specialist)