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How It Is Different from Celexa?

April 26, 2017anti-depressant celexa different lexapro

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At the chemical level, Celexa is a mixture of two mirror image halves called S- and R-enantiomers. The R-enantiomer does not contribute to the antidepressant effect so it was removed, leaving only the therapeutically active S-enantiomer. The new drug that this process created is Lexapro.