Drug: Lexapro

Lexapro Pills
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Lexapro is an orally administered drug. This is an antidepressant and is a type of drug accredited as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It affects those brain chemicals whose discrepancy can cause anxiety and depression. Therefore, it helps to reduce and remove the apprehension and angst in adults. It can treat the patients of major depressive disorder helpfully. It is mainly used among the adults and the adolescents of age more than 12.

Precautions should be taken for taking Lexapro. One should avoid this drug if that person is taking any mono-amine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). Maintain a gap of 14 days at least within the starting of Lexapro and stopping of MAOI. The tendency and mentality of suicide is getting higher nowadays, especially among the young. So, if you start to experience mood distortion, angst, panic attacks, high impulsiveness, agitation, dyspeptic feelings, restlessness, strict reactive feelings and trouble sleeping, confer your doctor immediately about taking Lexapro. However, there is a probability of critical lung troubles in newly born babies if mother has taken this SSRI medicine during pregnancy. You should think twice before consuming it if you are having seizures, epilepsies, manic depression, and kidney or liver problems. If you thought about suicides before then also talk to your doctor regarding this drug. Stay away from alcohol, which increases the side effects of this drug.

Use Lexapro in the precise way your doctor prescribed and recommended. Intake of a correct dose with full glass of water will be helpful for you. You should check the quantity by a dose measuring device. Try to take it at the similar time everyday and do not stop taking it abruptly without consulting your doctor. Missing a dose will be problematic, so take it as soon as you memorize. But, be cognizant about overdose as it can result in vomiting, nausea, sweating or rapid heartbeat. Thus, you need to be aware about taking the exact dosage of Lexapro.

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