LEXAPRO  

Lexapro Information

Lexapro is a popular medicine that is known to belong to a wide class of medicines that are generally known under the name of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This medicine is able to affect some of the substances that can be found in the patient’s brain, and that are known to sometimes become unbalanced depression is initiated).

Lexapro Indications

Lexapro is a medicine that is primarily prescribed in the treatment of patients who are suffering from depression. However, this medicine can also serve some other purposes (treat or prevent some other medical conditions) that have not been listed in this guide.

Lexapro Warnings

A treatment with Lexapro is not recommended in the case of patients who are suffering from the following medical conditions:

• liver disease
• kidney disease
• suicidal thoughts
• seizures
• mania

Patients who are suffering from any of the medical disorders that have been listed here might not be allowed to start taking this medicine, or they should be prescribed a lower dose of Lexapro. Their personal healthcare provider should closely monitor the patients’ treatment with this product.

You should avoid starting a treatment with Lexapro if you have recently taken monoamine oxidase inhibitor like these medicines:

• Phenelzine or Nardil
• Isocarboxazid or Marplan
• Tranylcypromine or Parnate

Lexapro is a category C FDA pregnancy medicine. Therefore, it has not been clearly determined whether a treatment with this drug during pregnancy could harm a growing fetus or not. If you are pregnant, or if you suspect that you might become pregnant soon, you should ask your personal physician if it is safe (both for you and for the unborn child) to start a treatment with Lexapro.

It has been clearly established that Lexapro’s main ingredients are able to pass into the nursing mother’s breast milk. If you are currently breastfeeding a child, you must not start using this medicine without first consulting it with your personal doctor.  

Lexapro Intake Guidelines

Ask your doctor to tell you how, when and how much Lexapro you should take in on a regular basis. You must take this drug exactly how your personal doctor has told you to. If you do not understand some of your personal physician’s instructions, you should ask a pharmacist, a nurse or a physician. You should also carefully read the set of instructions from your medicine’s label. You must try to avoid taking double doses of this medicine without your personal physician’s consent. You should accompany each dose of this medicine with a full glass of water (8 ounces of liquid), with food or milk (in order to avoid stomach upset). You must not stop your treatment with this drug without your physician’s approval, as this might trigger some unwanted side effects.

Lexapro Dosage

Ask your personal physician to tell you the correct dose of Lexapro that you should take in (the one that suits your medical condition best). The correct dosage is known to sometimes vary from one patient to another, as it depends on a variety of like the severity of the patient’s medical condition, sex, age, etc. You must not make any adjustments to the dose that you have been prescribed by your personal healthcare provider without his or her approval.

Lexapro Overdose

If you suspect that you are suffering from an overdose with this drug, you are probably in need of emergency medical attention / care. Therefore, you should alert your local poison control center as soon as you can (if it is possible, you should take your drug container with you). Inform your personal physician of this. The average Lexapro overdose symptoms are:

• Tremor
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Drowsiness
• A fast heartbeat
• Sweating

Lexapro Missed Dose

In order to get the best results from you treatment with Lexapro, you must try to take this drug (the prescribed doses of this drug) on a regular basis (at the same time each day). However, if you happen to forget to take one of your scheduled doses, you should take it as soon as you recall (then try to evenly space the rest of the day in order to take the rest of your prescribed doses of equal time intervals). If it is time for another dose, you should skip the one that you have missed.

Lexapro Side Effects

A treatment with Lexapro is known to sometimes trigger some the following severe allergic reactions and side effects:

• Closing of the throat
• Difficulty breathing
• An irregular pulse or heartbeat 
• Hives
• high blood pressure
• Swelling of the face, lips or tongue
• chills or fever
• low blood pressure

If you are experiencing any of these severe allergic reactions and side effects you must stop taking Lexapro. Alert your personal physician as soon as possible. A prolonged treatment with this medicine is also known to sometimes trigger other less severe but more common side effects which might include:

• insomnia or sleepiness
• headache, nervousness, tremor, or anxiety
• changes in weight or appetite
• impotence, decreased sex drive, or difficulty having an orgasm
• nausea, dry mouth, diarrhea

If you are experiencing any of the side effects that have been listed here, you may continue using this medicine. You should alert your personal physician at once. There are other side effects that have not been mentioned here, but that might occur. Please inform you doctor of anything unusual that might be linked to your treatment with Lexapro.  

Lexapro Drug Reactions

Avoid using the following drugs while you are treated with Lexapro:

• antidepressants
• an antifungal drug
• a seizure drug
• a stomach drug
• a migraine drug
• an antibiotic
• lithium
• asthma medicines such as Zafirlukast

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