ESCITALOPRAM

Course overview

ESCITALOPRAM IS A MEDICATION USED TO MANAGE AND TREAT MAJOR DEPRESSIVE AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDERS. IT IS THE S-ENANTIOMER OF CITALOPRAM AND IS THE MOST SELECTIVE OF SSRIS. IT IS IN THE SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR CLASS OF DRUGS. ESCITALOPRAM IS ALSO USED OFF-LABEL FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER, AND VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE, AND OTHER KEY FACTORS (E.G., DOSING, PHARMACODYNAMICS, PHARMACOKINETICS, MONITORING, RELEVANT INTERACTIONS, ADVERSE EVENTS) PERTINENT TO MEMBERS OF THE HEALTHCARE TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS.