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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Kind Of Drug Is Lexapro

Study: Escitalopram better than Cymbalta for MDD

October 03, 2008
A new study suggests that the antidepressant escitalopram (Cipralex, Lexapro) is better at treating symptoms of major depressive disorder than Cymbalta. Escitalopram is an allosteric serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ASRI). Researchers say this study demonstrates that ASRI meds such as escitalopram have advantages over other types of depression medications. Read more »

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Depression, Adolescents, and Antidepressants
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...beneficial to children and adolescents with MDD. Certain types of psychological therapies also... Read more »

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Medication for Social Anxiety Disorder
...which can include psychologists, therapists, counselors or social workers. There are a few different types of medication currently prescribed for social anxiety:Antidepressants have been found to... Read more »
Migraine Medications: Preventive, Abortive, and Rescue
...or if you can't take the abortive medications. Most rescue medications are pain medications. Other types of medications are also used to help get through a Migraine by reducing nausea and... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...if one drug treatment fails. Another may prove to be very effective, even it is a drug of a similar type. Drug combinations should be tried if a single drug and cognitive-behavior therapy has... Read more »
Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...effective and have very moderate side effects. Some may be beneficial in treating anxiety and certain subtypes of depressive disorders unresponsive to previous drugs, including premenstrual... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Highlights
...serotonin.The FDAs warning names the following antidepressants: Citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil), fluvoxamine (Luvox), fluoxetine (Prozac), olanzapine fluoxetine... Read more »

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