67% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 16% reported a negative effect
Prozac and Lexapro are both effective, popular medications for treating depression and certain forms of anxiety
Thus, adjusting the dose accordingly helps minimize tolerability problems
This involves tapering off the first drug until it is completely out of your system, then starting the new drug
↑ Switches are based on literature references Escitalopram relieves depression and anxiety and may have less potential for side effects than some other antidepressants
Using escitalopram together with FLUoxetine can increase the risk of a rare but serious condition called the serotonin syndrome, which may include symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision weight gain
increased side Lexapro (escitalopram) Prozac (fluoxetine) Viibryd (vilazodone) Wellbutrin (bupropion) Zoloft (sertraline) Finding relief may be as simple as changing the dose, switching to a different antidepressant, or adding a second medication to ease the side effect
My Dr
There was a large variation in the amount of time study Key takeaways: Prozac (fluoxetine) and Lexapro (escitalopram) are part of a group of medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Prozac and Lexapro are in a class of antidepressant
Safe target dose fluoxetine = 20 mg; Occurrence of the serotonin syndrome is not likely, but
According to Dr
stop fluoxetine (or taper if dose >40 mg/day), start above drug at low dose stop fluoxetine (or taper if dose >40 mg/day), start reboxetine at 4 mg stop fluoxetine (or taper if dose >40 mg/day), wait 14 days for washout, then start above drug at 25 mg and continue low dose for further 3 weeks‡ stop fluoxetine (or taper if dose >40 mg/day), wait My mum was on 20mg Escitalopram for probably about 10 years for anxiety and severe OCD
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