Celexa 20 mg

Celexa is an oral antidepressant used to relieve symptoms and reduce the frequency of relapses of major depressive disorder. It helps to reduce depression symptoms in the first week of the treatment. Celexa 20 mg is a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and is sold in the U.S. market. It is a prescription medicine used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety and panic disorder, psychosis, and depressive features. It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being.

Drug Uses:

Celexa 20 mg tablets are advised to use within a few weeks or months for a long-lasting antidepressant effect. The initial therapy for a major disorder with Celexa is used for 6 months. The dose and duration of Celexa can be reduced to 2-3 weeks.

The treatment of depressive illness can be considered a successful one if a patient manages to positive mood and solve the sleep problems, rapid fatigue, poor concentration, or suicidal thoughts after the end of using Celexa 20 mg tablets.

Dosage Forms & Strengths:

This medicine is available only with your doctor’s prescription for improves the ability of the brain to transmit messages from one nerve cell to another. Increasing, serotonin levels can help improve mood.

Celexa is available in the following forms with strengths:

• Oral Tablet / Capsule of Celexa: 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg,  40 mg, and 60 mg.
• Oral Solution of Celexa: 10mg/5mL

Celexa is available in tablet/capsule and solution forms that take 4-6 weeks to get a better result.

Factors Affecting To Stay Celexa In The Body:

Different drugs affect the patients differently according to different factors that help to stay in your body. A half-life of Celexa lasts around 35 hours in different parts of our body.

The dosage of the medicine and how often you take the drug will depend on such factors:

• Age and gender of the patient.
• The health condition of the patient is treated.
• The severity of your mental conditions.
• Other medical conditions.
• The reaction of the first dose.

The doctor will consider the above dose of Celexa which can take up to 10-14 days to leave the body.

How To Take Celexa 20 mg:

Read this medication guide prescribed by your doctor carefully. You should not take an extra dose without your doctor’s advice. Take Celexa 20 mg with or without food before going to the bed. It may not properly work if you will break, chew, or melt the medication.

Tell your doctor if you have any changes in sexual function like importance, loss of interest in sex, trouble having an orgasm, or (in men) problems with erections or ejaculation. Some sexual problems can be treated with early treatment.

Celexa 20 mg Take To Peak:

Usually, this prescribed Celexa 20 mg for anxiety and lower depression. It works by increasing the amount of serotonin in the Central Nervous System and brain that helps maintain mental balance. After taking this medication, it will take its effects within 1 hour. Its effects gradually go down after 5 to 9 hours.

This medication improves your mood, relieves anxiety, relieves tension, and helps you sleep at night. You may feel fewer side effects than other antidepressants. It stays for up to 12 hours in our body.

Celexa 20 mg Side Effects:

Some side effects of the patient after consuming Celexa 20 mg are common and some of them are severe side effects.

The common effects are as such: constipation, dizziness, nausea, impotence, and urination problems.

Some dangerous side effects are as such: jaundice, unusual behavior, stomach upset, dry mouth, tiredness, vomiting, loss of appetite, hallucination, itching, dark urine, painful or difficult urination, aggression, chest pain, paranoia, trouble breathing, and stomach pain.

Go to a medical check-up in case you feel any severe side effects. Your doctor will better guide you in this serious case.

Missed A Dose: 

Do not forget to take medicine regularly. If you forget accidentally to take the prescribed dose, you can take it as soon as you remember on the same day. You should skip the dose if it is the next day and take it as usual. Do not take double doses to make over the forgotten dose.

Over-Dosed Celexa 20 mg:

You should never take two doses in any situation. You can feel serious indications like agitation, confusion, flushing, vomiting, sweating, twitching of muscles, unconsciousness, seizures, hallucinations, etc, after taking an overdose of medicine. If someone has consumed an overdose, go to your doctor immediately after indications of severe symptoms.

Addiction To The Medicine:

You may develop psychological and physical addiction after taking Celexa 20 mg for a long. The increase of dopamine and serotonin in the brain can occur when you take this medicine for a long. It leads to a psychological addiction that has physical addiction symptoms.

Some common addiction symptoms include:

• Weight gain
• Trembling or shakiness of the body
• Disorder in menstrual cycle for women
• Muscles ache
• Chronic itchiness
• Painful headaches
• Sexual dysfunction
• Relational problems
• Neglect his responsibilities like work, school, family

This addiction to the medication can be avoided by stopping treatment with consulting your doctor. The doctor gradually reduced the dose of the medication over a period of at least one to two weeks to reduce the risk of a withdrawal reaction.

Withdrawal To Medication: 

You should not stop Celexa 20 mg without your doctor’s consultation. You may feel drug withdrawal after a week of giving it up. It causes severe symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, high or low mood, restlessness, changes in sleep habits, headache, sweating, nausea, dizziness, shaking, or confusion.

Consult your doctor on how to reduce the dose without any side effects. The doctor will better guide you in decreasing your side effects.

Drug Interactions:

Celexa 20 mg can interact with If you will take other medications such as vitamins, or herbs. Before taking any new medicine, prescription or non-prescription with Celexa 20 mg discuss it with your doctor or pharmacist.

You should not use Celexa 20 mg with other medications, such as Buspirone, Fentanyl, Duragesic, Lithium, Methylene blue injection, Tryptophan, pain or migraine medicines (Rizatriptan, Sumatriptan, Frova, Imitrex, Ultram, Zomig Codeine, Dilaudid, Gabapentin, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, Lortab, Methadone, Norco, Opana ER, Percocet, Roxycodone, Heart medicine, Blood Pressure medicine, ADHD pills such as Adderall, Concerta, Evekeo, Dexedrine.

Warnings For This Group:

The doctor warns not to take Celexa 20 mg for people with certain health conditions group. These groups are as follows:

For people with heart problems: Don’t take Celexa 20 mg if you have a heart problem. Taking this medication may be at higher risk of serious heart problems which can cause sudden death. People with slow heart rates, recent heart attacks, or severe heart failure should also not take this medicine.

For people with low potassium levels: Don’t take Celexa 20 mg if you have low potassium levels. Taking this medication and having low levels of potassium may put you at higher risk of a serious heart problem which can cause sudden death.

For people with low magnesium levels: Don’t take Celexa 20 mg if you have low magnesium levels. Taking this medication and having low levels of magnesium may put you at higher risk of a severe heart problem, which can cause sudden death.

For people with kidney disease: Talk with your doctor before using Celexa 20 mg if you have kidney disease. This drug may cause more side effects in people with severe kidney disease.

For people with liver disease: Celexa 20 mg is processed by the liver. If you have liver disease, the levels of Celexa 20 mg in your body might increase. You may have more side effects. People with liver disease should not take more than 20 mg of  Celexa per day.

For people with a history of a seizure disorder: Celexa 20 mg can increase your risk for seizures. Talk with your doctor before using this drug if you have a history of seizures.

For pregnant women: If you plan on becoming pregnant, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using this medicine. Celexa 20 mg is a category C pregnancy drug. This drug should use only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.

For women who are breastfeeding: Celexa 20 mg passes into breast milk and may cause side effects in a child who is breastfed. It is dangerous to you and your baby. Talk with your doctor if you breastfeed your child. Your doctor decides whether to stop breastfeeding or stop taking this medication.

For children: You should not give your children less than the age of 18 years without consulting your doctor. Celexa 20 mg can cause changes in appetite or weight. Children and adolescents should have height and weight monitored during treatment.

Precautions:

You should tell your doctor about your current health conditions as well as the previous medical history of you and your family before prescribing this medicine to you.

• Keep this medication in a tight air container.
• Most important, you should remember that take it in such a place where your children and pets can not.
• Celexa 20 mg should store at room temperature with avoiding excess heat and moisture.
• Dispose of any medication in a safe place of outdated medicine.
• Do not drink alcohol-related drinks while taking Celexa 20 mg.
• Driving a motorcycle or any vehicle is prohibited during the starting therapy.
• You should not do any heavy work after taking it.
• Take a rest after consuming Celexa 20 mg.
• You should not use it in larger or smaller amounts longer than the doctor’s prescription.
• Without consulting your doctor, you should not stop taking it, even if you feel better.

If you feel uncomfortable after taking this medication talk to your doctor before consuming Celexa 20 mg.