Posted by galkeepinon on August 30, 2003, at 2:20:45
In reply to Re: I did a quick search and it's true: » Janelle, posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 28, 2003, at 7:46:09
Michael!!! I totally agree here!!! It could be very possible that the r isomer was *not*, in fact, inactive!!! I am definately finding out that Lexapro IS about 10X more potent than Celexa with far fewer side effects!!!
Good point!
> I think I understand how this anomaly could be possible... Lexapro is s-citalopram; Celexa is s,r-citalopram. So could it be possible that the r isomer was *not*, in fact, inactive? More specifically, could it be that the r-isomer was in some way *inhibiting* the action of the s-isomer? If so, that would make complete sense, and that's the theory I think I'm going to subscribe to (for now anyway, until I find out for sure). It's just the only thing that seems to make sense -- I definitely found when I took Lexapro that it was about four times as potent as Celexa, with far fewer side effects (especially that horrible somnolence and apathy).
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