Tuesday, October 26, 2010

What is the prescription Lexapro used for?

What is the prescription Lexapro used for?
Lexapro (citalopram) is an SSRI used to treat depression and some anxiety disorders.
Lexapro is an antidepressant related to Celexa, but with the "weight gain" molecule removed.
its an antidepressant
It is an SSRI used to treat major depressive disorder. It does not cause weight gain, but the general side effects are diziness when standing up, some nausea in the beginning of dosage and weight loss. As with most anti-depressants associated as SSRI's they are very difficult to live without once you have taken them. But this may be because people who take them will need them forever.
it is an anti-depressant. What it does is it allows the seritonon that is secreted naturally in the brain hang around alot longer than it normally would. In a normal brain, the receptors that take in seritonin would suck it all back up like a straw, but in lexapro users, the seritonin kinda floats around in the brain because the receptors (straws) for the seritonin have been inhibited by the drug. This is why it is called a Selective Seritonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI).
lexapro is a anitdepressant

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