Posted by johnj on October 10, 2002, at 13:22:02
In reply to Re: Lexapro and Celexa relative side-effects » johnj, posted by dr dave on October 10, 2002, at 12:20:11
Thanks Dr. Dave, I appreciate your time and opinion. I do have a few questions in general about AD's. When a person is switching how does one go about doing this? Is there a chart some where that describes how to switch from one class to the another. For ex, I take pamelor and for various reasons need a change. It has not been confirmed and frankly I don't know how it could be, but I have serious s/e after excercise on the TCA.
I have been given some lexapro samples and will not start for another few weeks due to an exam. Is is generally accepted to take the new AD and see if the reaction/remission occurs before reducing the current AD? Or do you titrate down while you titrate up on the new? Lastly, does it matter if one starts at 2.5 mgs, 5 mg or 10 mgs of lexapro, or any other AD for that matter? Could there be higher/harsher s/e at a lower dose?(kind of like you get with remeron). Thanks for any input. I will see my doc again before starting, but I wanted to get another opinion from someone in the field that has seen and has directly worked with such examples. Thank you
johnj
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