Posted by shes_initforthemoney on December 6, 2010, at 20:23:28
In reply to Re: Pdoc meeting summary » ed_uk2010, posted by merpmerp on December 6, 2010, at 13:53:12
> Right, I don't know the exact conversion or if such a thing can even be done, but I sat there stunned for a minute because I was certain that 2.5 mg Lexapro does not equal an even smaller dose of Prozac!
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> I said to her (I'm not very assertive so I phrased it as a question), "But isn't Lexapro the most selective of the SSRIs so you could say it's 'stronger' than Prozac?" and she gave me a dodgy* answer about how you couldn't really make that claim or comparison, despite the fact that she had just made that comparison by telling me that 2.5 mg Lex = 1 mg Proz.
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> > It is. I'd say that 2.5mg of Lexapro is more like 5mg of Prozac, but response will vary.
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> *my interpretationWhat my current doc has always said to me is that, basically, "..whatever works for you, works for you!". As the writer Andrew Sololman said in his excellent book on depression "Noonday Demon" , "Don't let them fool you just because they have a piece of paper on the wall." 10-20mg is starting dose for Prozac. 5-10mg starting dose for Lexapro. There is no logic in saying that 2.5mg of Lexapro would equal 1mg of Prozac. If you can, try to shop for a new pdoc, or even get your GP to take over your meds.
Best wishes,
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