Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 34683

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Does this stuff really work???

Posted by Tina1 on May 25, 2000, at 21:35:38

Does celexa really work? If anyone has had great success with this in the long-term I'd love to know. Been on it for a little over a month now and I expected a bit more from it. Being labelled a Miracle Drug up here in canada, I gotta say I'm a little disappointed. Anyone else feel this way?---Tina Hugs to all.

Re: Does this stuff really work??? » Tina1

Posted by Tony P on May 9, 2007, at 10:11:09

In reply to Does this stuff really work???, posted by Tina1 on May 25, 2000, at 21:35:38

See below.

> Does celexa really work? If anyone has had great success with this in the long-term I'd love to know. Been on it for a little over a month now and I expected a bit more from it. Being labelled a Miracle Drug up here in canada, I gotta say I'm a little disappointed. Anyone else feel this way?---Tina Hugs to all.
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Ask your Dr to switch to Lexapro (US) or Cipralex (Canada), generic Escitalopram. It is the active form of Celexa. My pdoc said it the fastest acting SSRI, with 200% the effectiveness and 10% of the side efects of Celexa, and my experience confirmed this.

I've been on it for a couple of months (10-20 mg./day). Compared to Celexa, which drove me crazy with anxiety and had liver interactions with trazadone, it's night and day. Maximum efficiency, fast acting (days-1-2 weeks, YMMV), minimal side effects -- typical SSRI loss of libido and some mid-aft anxiety were the only S/E I experienced, and I'm very sensitive to SSRI S/E.

I don't know why Celexa is sill marketed - perhaps because it's cheaper than escitalopram - or natural market inertia - pdocs prescribe it because it is familiar.

Tony P

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