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Posted by mattye on November 17, 2006, at 20:13:05
I am temporarily switching from Lexapro to generic Celexa until I can get insurance again. (Lexapro is $170 a bottle!) Has anyone had problems with this? I heard they are essentially the same med.
Posted by Phillipa on November 17, 2006, at 20:15:29
In reply to Switching from Lexapro to Celexa, posted by mattye on November 17, 2006, at 20:13:05
I think there is a post where Glydin just had the same thing happen to her with insurance and the celexa is working fine for her. Love Phillipa
Posted by elanor roosevelt on November 17, 2006, at 22:06:27
In reply to Re: Switching from Lexapro to Celexa » mattye, posted by Phillipa on November 17, 2006, at 20:15:29
celexa got afordable they tweaked it and took out one ingredient and bingo $$$$$$ lexapro
same difference - in fact i have taken them interchangably when i traveled
they are my favorites
Posted by lil' jimi on November 17, 2006, at 22:20:34
In reply to Switching from Lexapro to Celexa, posted by mattye on November 17, 2006, at 20:13:05
hi,
this is an extremely long thread about lexapro:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020609/msgs/109458.html
which tells much much more than everything you would ever want to know about it, including hundreds of us exploring it shortly (from immediately to when i tried it) after it first came out.i read the whole thing when i was going through my adaptation side effects in the spring of '03.
i will have been on 10 milligrams of lexapro for four years come this April.
~ your smilage may vary
p.s. i have not taken celexa.
Posted by erik98225 on November 18, 2006, at 14:01:34
In reply to Switching from Lexapro to Celexa, posted by mattye on November 17, 2006, at 20:13:05
> I am temporarily switching from Lexapro to generic Celexa until I can get insurance again. (Lexapro is $170 a bottle!) Has anyone had problems with this? I heard they are essentially the same med.
I've done it with no problems at all. They have EXACTLY the same effect. Celexa contains two isomers of citalopram ("left handed" and "right handed" versions if you will) and only one of them is a drug. Lexapro is "purified" Celexa that contains only the active isomer.
You can switch between these meds with absolutely no problems at all, if you keep in mind that the Celexa dose is 2x the Lexapro dose. So if you were on 20mg Lexapro, take 40mg Celexa.
Erik
Posted by mattye on November 18, 2006, at 14:11:10
In reply to Switching from Lexapro to Celexa, posted by mattye on November 17, 2006, at 20:13:05
:)
Posted by elanor roosevelt on November 20, 2006, at 23:18:55
In reply to Re: Thanks you guys are the best!, posted by mattye on November 18, 2006, at 14:11:10
i am going back on lexapro tomorrow
between the parnate withdrawal and now i had 3 great days
and then today the anger management problems followed by just ragging and ragging and ragging on my kid
she is a good kid and desrves better treatment.
i will start lexapro tomorrow hoping to get a second round
then to Tianeptine after the lexapro stops working
Posted by lil' jimi on November 21, 2006, at 0:23:50
In reply to back to lexapro, posted by elanor roosevelt on November 20, 2006, at 23:18:55
never heard of Tianeptine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianeptine
sounds very interesting.take care,
~ jim
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