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A member asked:

Have headache from citalopram is this still side effects from it ?but i have switched to fluoxetine now when can expect to go away?

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Medicine half life: It is possible this is still a side effect of the old medicine, it is possible it is not a side effect. I would give this a week or so, it takes time for medicines to wear off. Hopefully the new medicine does not cause the same symptom.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 5/20/2016

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