Warnings/Precautions
Accomplish NOT employ Lexapro whether:
* you are hypersensitive to any constituent in Lexapro. * you are captivating citalopram. * you are captivating or accept captivated a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (eg, phenelzine), selegiline, or St. John's wort within the at the end 14 days. * you are captivating a fenfluramine derived (eg, dexfenfluramine), an H1 adversary (eg, astemizole, terfenadine), nefazodone, pimozide, or sibutramine.
Junction your Physician or condition affliction provider appropriate out whether any of these use to you.
Some medical state may interact with Lexapro. Impart your Physician or druggist whether you accept any medical state, exceptionally whether any of the next use to you:
* whether you are gravid, planning to alter to gravid, or are breast-feeding. * whether you are captivating any formula or nonprescription medication, herbal preparations a groundwork, or dietary addendum. * whether you accept allergies to medication, nourishment, or other material. * whether you or a kith and kin colleague has a story of bipolar Chaos (manic-depression), other intellectual or humour difficulty, suicidal thinking or trys, or spirits or material misuse. * whether you accept a story of seizing, liver difficulty, strict kidney difficulty, belly or bowel bleeding, or metabolism difficulty. * whether you are dehydrated, accept short blood sodium levels, or quaff spirits. * whether you Testament be having electroconvulsive remedy (ECT)
Some Medication MAY INTERACT with Lexapro. Impart your condition affliction provider whether you are captivating any other medication, exceptionally any of the next:
* Fenfluramine derivatives (eg, dexfenfluramine), linezolid, lithium, MAOIs (eg, phenelzine), metoclopramide, nefazodone, selegiline, serotonin 5-HT1 receptor agonists (eg, sumatriptan), sibutramine, St. John's wort, or trazodone as strict Sometimes result, such as a response that may accommodate fever, hard muscles, blood force substitution, intellectual substitution, disorder, irritability, shaking, delirium, and coma, may happen. * Anticoagulants (eg, warfarin), aspirin, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication (NSAIDs) (eg, ibuprofen) as the danger of bleeding, including belly bleeding, may be increased. * Diuretics (eg, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) as the danger of short blood sodium levels may be increased. * Tramadol as the danger of seizing may be increased H1 adversary (eg, astemizole, terfenadine) or phenothiazines (eg, chlorpromazine, thioridazine) as strict passion difficulty, including uneven heartbeat, may happen. * Carbamazepine or cyproheptadine as they may cut Lexapro 's effectiveness. * Clozapine, pimozide, risperidone, or tricyclic antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline) as the danger of their Sometimes result may be increased near Lexapro.
|