Depression is a mental disorder that is characterized by appearing of such feelings as sadness, disappointment, hopelessness and some other feelings. A person who doesn’t suffer from depression exhibit one or more of such symptoms several times during lifetime, but in fact such l problems are occasional and are not diagnosed as depression. But it becomes a medical condition if such symptoms are deep and long-lasting so that it destroys a normal life. If it happens it’s important to seek for medical assistance. The medications that are prescribed by the doctors to help the patients who suffer from depression to cope with and overcome depression are called antidepressants.
Any antidepressants can’t be taken without the doctor’s consultation and medical prescription.
This is explained by the fact that all antidepressants have a number of adverse reactions, some of which might be very serious. If a prescribed medicationdoesn’t show desirable results, the physician will change the drugas there are a lot of antidepressants available in the market today and as a rule they are effective on all patients in different ways.
One of the most popular antidepressant available in the US market these days is Lexapro, which is the brand name of Escitalopram Oxalate. Lexapro refers to the type of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor medications. This group of medicationsinfluences the brain by balancing the serotonin level. It’s proven thatserotonin has an influence on the person’s mood. Lexapro is the newest SSRI medication and has a number of advantages over old-fashionmedications that follow the SSRI group among which areCelexa, Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac.
As a rule Lexapro is prescribed under one of the following medical conditions: patient has not started treatment yet, patient has started to use another medication but it hasn’t brought the desirable results or it has led to some adverse reactions.
The strongest reasons for choosing Lexapro as the treatment ofdepression are: less adverse reactions, lower dosage and prompt action. But remember that one shouldn’t choose this medicationthemselves, this should be doneby a doctor.