Background Escitalopram is licensed for use at doses ... although tolerability appeared to decline above a dose of 40 mg with 26% of patients unable to tolerate 50 mg. Twelve (20%) patients ...

and a low onset of anxiety if using a 5-mg starting dose. Although studies in adolescents are very limited for escitalopram, its parent medication -- citalopram -- has been used in over 40 million ...