Re: Citalopram or Escitalopram? I need advice please
Sue's right: escitalopram is just the "purer" form of citalopram and therefore it's more potent (stronger) and 10mg escit = approx 20mg cit.
The problem with escit is that there isn't the flexibility of dosing that cit has. 20mg is actually the max I think but many GPs don't like prescribing it at that dose from what my pharmacist friend tells me.
It's basically the same thing and there's no real evidence that one's better than the other. I personally think cit is better because of the dosing and I don't think from what I've read that there's any major differences in terms of side effects.
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