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Escitalopram

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A 27-year old female asked:

Please help! I am taking 10mg lexamil (escitalopram) for 2 weeks now and have an insatiable appetite.. Will this go away? Why does this happen?

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A 39-year old male asked:

I'm changing my lexamil to serdep 50 how should I do the change over?

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A 39-year old female asked:

Can I drink tea with sceletium while I am on Lexamil 20mg?

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A 43-year old female asked:

I am on 10mg Lexamil and 0,25mg Zopax 3 times per day, but still feeling very depressed?

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A 34-year old male asked:

Can you take Corenza Para C if you are already taking 1.25 mg Cardicor and 5 mg Lexamil?

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A 34-year old male asked:

Am I allowed to take Corenza Para C if I am already taking 0.625mg of Cardicor and 5mg of Lexamil?

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A 25-year old male asked:

I am currently on Lexamil 10mg per day. I have experienced drowsiness when taken in the morning. Is it safe and will it work in the same way if taken in the evening?

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A 32-year old female asked:

If I fall pregnant while on Lexamil (20mg), should I wean myself off the medication, or stop it immediately?

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A member asked about a 34-year old female:

Hi Doc. My husband is on 30mg of lexamil a day. when he has a few alcoholic drinks there is a bad "reaction". Is lexamil and alcohol A bad mix?

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A 51-year old female asked:

Can serotonin toxicity occur after taking Cymbalta (duloxetine) 40 days and then changing to lexamil 20mg immediately on stopping cymbalta (duloxetine)?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Ive recently come off Lexamil and qlaira. Can this cause excessive weight gain and body pain especially at the neck area?

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A 31-year old female asked:

Is it safe to take lexamil 10mg during pregnancy, I have been on it for 6 months and recently found out I'm 14 weeks pregnant?

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A 36-year old female asked:

I was prescribed with Stresam and Lexamil as my doctor suspects i have anxiety. Stresam to be taken when I need it and Lexamil to be taken once at night and its 5mg. I am scared to take this pills after reading the possible side effects . ?

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A 18-year old female asked:

How does lexamil cipla ( escitalopram) cause weight gain? And how long does it take to work help with anxiety and depression?

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A 18-year old female asked:

I am on lexamil and I have a strabismus surgery coming up? Will this interfere with my surgery and if am under anesthesia or something?

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A 36-year old female asked:

From a scale of 1 to 10 , how possible is it for one to experience side effects? I have been prescribed Lexamil 5 mg and I read the package insert and Now Im scared to take them. Also is it safe ti take with my contraceptive Nordette & Canex cream?

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A 61-year old male asked:

Difference between Cilift and Lexamil medication, oncerning cal ing nowel area, IBS treatment, tension and anxiety ?

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A 41-year old male asked:

I have been diagnosed with panic disorder. Prescribed Lexamil. Is Lexamil the best ssri treatment? Seems not successfull. Now doc says mirtazapine

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A 45-year old female asked:

I'm on Navalpro CR 400mg morning and night Lexamil 10mg Morning Alzam, 0.25 mg 3 times a day Bislo 2.5 mg daily Amiloretic 25mg daily Can I take Robaxin 750 as I was in a bumper bashing yesterday and my muscles are stiff and sore?

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A 28-year old female asked:

I have been lexamil for a while and i stopped taking it and now my anxiety is bad with symptoms like, arm pain, jaw pain, chest pains here and there, sharp pains all over my body. can this be more serious or is it from the anxiety I have. ?

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A 29-year old female asked:

I have been diagnosed in the past few years with depression, bipolar, PTSD and anxiety. All from different doctors. I am on lexamil 10mg but dont feel like its helping much. I have been getting continuous headaches everyday lately?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 57-year old female asked:

My son, Kevin, Had a bad reaction to Concerta 36mg. Severe anxiety, fast heart beat, cold sweats, clammy hands and shaking, stomach tightening and nausea feeling. Lexamil 10mg was prescribed alongside for depression.

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 50-year old male asked:

What is escitalopram and min max dosage?

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A 47-year old asked:

Can u stop taking escitalopram after 5 days?

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A 42-year old asked:

Why do you have to take escitalopram for at least 6 months?

1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old female asked:

Is Escitalopram 10 mg tablets an anti depressiant medicine?

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A 35-year old asked:

Why does the packaging say you have to take escitalopram for at least 6 months?

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A 21-year old male asked:

I started using of escitalopram since 5 days and now feel very excited, and i don't feel good in left half of my body, should I stop it?

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A 34-year old female asked:

What is Lexapro (escitalopram) for?

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A 47-year old female asked:

Lexapro (escitalopram) with script?

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