ESCITALOPRAM-20 MG.

ESCITALOPRAM-20 MG. About

Improves quality of life in family dementia caregivers

"Among caregivers, this small randomized controlled trial found that escitalopram use resulted in improvement in depression, resilience, burden and distress, and quality of life.ï

[Lavretsky H, Siddarth P, Irwin MR.Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Feb;18(2):154-62]

Improves quality of sleep in patients with panic disorders

"Patients with panic disorder rate their sleep worse than healthy controls. Treatment with escitalopram improved the subjective quality of sleep...ï

[Todder D, Baune BT. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2010 Mar;25(2):167-73]

Better than paroxetine in anxiety comorbid with depression

"Patients with severe depression together with comorbid anxiety symptoms responded significantly better to treatment with escitalopram 20 mg compared with paroxetine 40 mg. Contrary to paroxetine, escitalopram maintained its efficacy with increasing baseline anxiety levels.ï

[Boulenger JP, Hermes A, Huusom AK, Weiller E.Curr Med Res Opin. 2010 Mar;26(3):605-14.]

Also indicated in :

ï Social anxiety disorder

ï Panic disorder

ï Obsessive-compulsive disorder

ï Huntingtonïs disease