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I'm somewhat worried about starting celexa (citalopram). i'm only going to be on 20 mg, but i'm worried about drug induced long qt syndrome? ive had a ekg and echo
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Stop worrying: The risk is extremely low. The fact that you worry over something so unlikely proves you need to take the med.
Answered 2/13/2015
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