Escitalopram

BNF:

4.3.3

Status:

Grey

Decision Date:

April 2015

Comments

GREY¹: to be used in the following circumstances:

1. For patients who have already been prescribed escitalopram and who are responding to the treatment.

2. For patients who have had a good response to escitalopram for a previous episode after formulary choices or now require an antidepressant, following recommendation from a tertiary centre.  

Brown Drug Classifications

• 1: Lack of data on effectiveness compared with standard therapy

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