Posted by yeltom on October 2, 2002, at 13:07:26
In reply to Re: I TAKE 30MG LEXAPRO - ALSO, posted by dr dave on October 2, 2002, at 12:07:31
I'm afraid logic doesn't explain everything. If 10 mg of lexapro was found to be equivalent to 40 mg of Celexa (which my and a lot of other people's experience confirms), you need to accept this. Perhaps the inactive isomer affects the absorption or otherwise interferes with the effectiveness of the active isomer. Just because we don't understand the reason does not make it not so. And your comparison is not valid. If 20 mg lexapro is no more effective in the study than 10 mg, that doesnt suggest that 40 mg of celexa would be no more effective than 20 mg. Rather, it suggests (but does not necessarily mean) that 80 mg of Celexa would be no more effective than 40.
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