Posted by Bill LL on May 20, 2004, at 10:21:00
In reply to Celexa problems/Lexapro better?, posted by devon00 on May 20, 2004, at 3:42:45
There are 2 things that I can think of:
1) change the dose of Celexa, or
2) have your doctor contact the insurance company to make an exception for you to cover Lexapro
The dose equivalance of Lexapro and Celexa is not exactly known but is probably about 3 to 1. So if you had been doing good on 10 mg of Lexapro, then you might need 30mg of Celexa. Some people find that the conversion is 4 to 1 meaning that you would need 40 mg Celexa.
People are sometimes able to get insurance companies to cover drugs if the doctor argues for it.
If you have a hard time getting to see a therapist, just go to your regular family doctor in the meantime.
poster:Bill LL
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