In other words, if you take a dose of 10mg of Lexapro, only 5mg will remain in your bloodstream after 27 to 32 hours. Suppose ...

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 ...

As a result, she was started at 5 mg of escitalopram in addition to her sertraline 200 mg with full remission. She was weaned to 25 mg of escitalopram and terminated sertraline over 2 months.