Lexapro Side Effects

Lexapro Side Effects

Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) is the latest antidepressant to be approved by the FDA for treating depression in the U.S., arriving on pharmacy shelves Sept. 5, 2002.

But just how safe is it?

Antidepressants, like all other manufactured drugs, produce side effects in many people who take them.

Lexapro, however, is being marketed as having fewer side effects than the original drug it was derived from.

Lexapro 20 mg is actually one-half of the celexa molecule, produced by splitting celexa into its 'right-hand' side and its 'left-hand' side.

The right-hand side of celexa presumably does not contain depression-fighting abilities and may even contribute to the side effects profile.

The left-hand side of celexa, the 'good' half, is theorized to be the part that fights depression and produces little or no side effects. Following this theory, there should be fewer order lexapro side effects than its parent drug, celexa.