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citalopram

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[sahy-tal-uh-pram] / saɪˈtæl əˌpræm /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.


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He later returned to the surgery, saying they were not making him feel better and his doctor moved him from sertraline to citalopram, a similar drug.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2025

The oral antidepressants analyzed were amitriptyline, bupropion, citalopram, desvenlafaxine, doxepin, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, mirtazapine, nortriptyline, paroxetine, sertraline, trazodone, and venlafaxine.

From Science Daily May 30, 2024

For example, citalopram is an antidepressant broken down by a protein called CYP2C19.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2023

There are reports in the medical literature of dextromethorphan cough medicine interacting with antidepressants such as fluoxetine, citalopram, paroxetine and sertraline.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2022

Once these were accounted for, citalopram seemed no more effective than a placebo.

From Nature Jun. 28, 2020

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