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Escitalopram ( /ˌɛsəˈtæləˌpræm/ eh-sə-TA-lə-pram), sold
under the
brand names Lexapro and Cipralex,
among others, is an
antidepressant medication of the...
- cost-effectiveness,
citalopram is
fifth in
effectiveness (after mirtazapine,
escitalopram, venlafaxine, and sertraline) and
fourth in cost-effectiveness. Evidence...
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duloxetine among the
first line drug
treatments along with citalopram,
escitalopram, sertraline, paroxetine, and venlafaxine.
Duloxetine was
approved for...
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binds to the
allosteric site of the
serotonin transporter,
similarly to
escitalopram,
though less
potently so.
Paroxetine also
inhibits the
reuptake of norepinephrine...
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serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
Evidence of the
allosteric action of
escitalopram on the
serotonin transported is
based on the
observation that the R isomer...
- of depression, the drug is
usually second in
potency to
another SSRI,
escitalopram. Sertraline's
effectiveness is
similar to that of
other antidepressants...
-
comparing the
efficacy and
acceptability of 21
antidepressant drugs showed escitalopram to be one of the most effective. They
showed that "In
terms of efficacy...
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become bigger and
there are now six (fluoxetine, paroxetine, citalopram,
escitalopram, sertraline, and fluvoxamine), as
demonstrated in
table 1.
Table 1 SSRI...
- that,
other SSRIs like
sertraline (Zoloft),
paroxetine (Paxil), and
escitalopram (Lexapro) have
entered the market. The
first serotonin norepinephrine...
- mixture. However,
studies have
shown that only the (S)-(+)
enantiomer (
escitalopram) is
responsible for the drug's
beneficial effects. Drug safety: D‑penicillamine...
