Escitalopram
Escitalopram is an SSRI antidepressant used to treat major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder across multiple products and formulations.
🧬 Where this information comes from Click to expand
The clinical label records used on this page are FDA-filed Structured Product Labeling (SPL) retrieved through openFDA. We identified 130 clinical label sets within the page’s selected clinical scope after exact ingredient or ingredient-combination matching and applicable route/form matching. Forms, routes, brands, labelers, strengths, and NDC product-record counts are built separately from matching FDA National Drug Code Directory records. The linked DailyMed document is a representative official source for verification, not the page’s only clinical source. View the linked label on DailyMed →
⚠️ FDA Boxed Warning — the FDA’s strongest safety alert ▾
Antidepressants, including escitalopram, can increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, teens, and young adults. This risk was seen in short-term studies and is greatest in patients under 25. All patients starting or adjusting their dose should be monitored closely for worsening mood, new or worsening thoughts of suicide, or unusual changes in behavior. Family members and caregivers should also watch for these signs and report them to the prescriber immediately. Escitalopram tablets are not approved for children under 7 years of age.
📖 Escitalopram: Patient Information Guide
A plain-language walkthrough of Escitalopram — what it treats, how it works, how it’s taken, side effects, warnings and interactions. Tap any section to expand it.
🎯What it's used for▾
Escitalopram is an SSRI used to treat depression and anxiety across multiple products and formulations.
- Treats major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults and in adolescents and children 12 years of age and older
- Treats generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults
- Lexapro (escitalopram) tablets are also approved to treat GAD in pediatric patients 7 years of age and older
- Escitalopram capsules are indicated for MDD and GAD in adults younger than 65 years of age only — they are not for use in patients 65 or older, and not recommended for people with liver impairment
- Escitalopram oral solution products treat MDD in adults and pediatric patients 12 and older, and GAD in adults
⚙️How it works▾
Escitalopram works by blocking the reabsorption (reuptake) of serotonin — a natural chemical messenger — back into nerve cells in the brain. This leaves more serotonin available in the space between nerve cells, which is believed to strengthen mood-regulating signals and ease anxiety. It is highly selective for serotonin and has very little effect on other brain chemicals like dopamine or norepinephrine, which helps keep the side-effect profile focused.
Because it doesn't significantly block receptors for histamine, acetylcholine, or adrenaline, escitalopram tends to avoid the sedation and heart-related side effects sometimes seen with older antidepressants.
💊How it's taken▾
Escitalopram is taken once daily by mouth — morning or evening — with or without food. The dose stays consistent day to day; your prescriber will decide the right amount for you and may adjust it over time.
- Older adults and people with liver problems are typically kept on a lower once-daily dose
- Escitalopram capsules come only in a 15 mg strength and are used after another escitalopram product has been used to find the right dose — they are not for starting or stopping therapy on their own
- Never stop escitalopram suddenly; always taper (gradually reduce) the dose under your doctor's guidance to avoid withdrawal-like symptoms
🤒Side effects — in detail▾
The most commonly reported side effects of escitalopram include:
- Nausea
- Insomnia (trouble sleeping)
- Increased sweating
- Fatigue or drowsiness
- Ejaculation problems or delayed orgasm
- Decreased sex drive
- Dizziness
- Dry mouth and diarrhea
More serious reactions — including signs of serotonin syndrome (agitation, fever, rapid heartbeat, muscle twitching), unusual bleeding, low sodium levels (confusion, weakness, seizures), or new/worsening thoughts of self-harm — require immediate medical attention.
⚠️Warnings & precautions▾
Increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors is the most critical warning. This risk is highest in children, teens, and young adults under 25, particularly in the early weeks of treatment or after a dose change. Patients, families, and caregivers must monitor closely for mood changes, agitation, or any talk of self-harm.
- Serotonin syndrome: A dangerous reaction that can occur — especially when escitalopram is combined with other serotonergic drugs. Symptoms include agitation, rapid heart rate, high fever, muscle twitching, and loss of coordination. Seek emergency care immediately.
- Discontinuation syndrome: Stopping escitalopram abruptly can cause uncomfortable withdrawal-like symptoms. Always taper slowly.
- Bleeding risk: Escitalopram may increase bleeding, especially when taken with NSAIDs, aspirin, warfarin, or other blood thinners.
- Hyponatremia (low sodium): Can cause headache, confusion, weakness, or seizures — more common in older adults.
- Mania activation: May trigger manic or hypomanic episodes in people with undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
- Angle-closure glaucoma: Escitalopram can dilate the pupil slightly, which may trigger this eye emergency in people with narrow eye angles.
- Cognitive/motor effects: Use caution driving or operating heavy machinery until you know how escitalopram affects you.
🔀What it interacts with▾
Escitalopram has several important drug interactions that can be serious:
- MAOIs (e.g., phenelzine, tranylcypromine, linezolid, IV methylene blue) — must never be combined or taken within 14 days of each other; risk of life-threatening serotonin syndrome
- Pimozide — must not be combined; risk of dangerous heart rhythm problems (QT prolongation)
- Other serotonergic drugs (SSRIs, SNRIs, triptans, tricyclic antidepressants, lithium, buspirone, opioids, amphetamines, tryptophan, St. John's Wort) — increased serotonin syndrome risk
- NSAIDs, aspirin, warfarin, antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs — increased risk of bleeding; warfarin users should have their INR monitored more carefully
- Sumatriptan — may cause weakness, overactive reflexes, and coordination problems when combined with escitalopram
- Carbamazepine — may speed up the body's clearance of escitalopram, potentially reducing its effectiveness
- CYP2D6-metabolized drugs (e.g., desipramine and certain other antidepressants) — escitalopram can raise their blood levels; use with caution
- Alcohol — not recommended for people being treated for depression who take escitalopram
- Citalopram (Celexa) — must not be taken with escitalopram, as escitalopram is the active component of citalopram
This is not a complete list of interactions. Always talk with your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping, or changing any medication.
📋Before taking it▾
- Do not take if you are currently using or have recently used an MAOI — wait at least 14 days between stopping an MAOI and starting escitalopram, and vice versa
- Do not take if you are using pimozide or citalopram (Celexa)
- Do not take if you have a known allergy to escitalopram, citalopram, or any inactive ingredients in the product
- Tell your doctor if you have a history of seizures, bipolar disorder, or a personal or family history of mania
- Tell your doctor if you have liver disease — a lower dose is recommended for most patients with liver impairment; escitalopram capsules are not recommended for these patients
- Tell your doctor if you have severe kidney disease — limited safety data are available for this group
- Tell your doctor if you have narrow-angle glaucoma or are at risk for it
- Pregnancy: SSRI use late in pregnancy may cause complications in the newborn, including breathing problems, feeding difficulty, and persistent pulmonary hypertension; discuss risks with your doctor
- Breastfeeding: Escitalopram passes into breast milk; monitor breastfed infants for excessive sleepiness, restlessness, agitation, poor feeding, or poor weight gain
- Older adults (65+): The drug stays in the body longer in older patients; escitalopram capsules are not for use in patients 65 or older
- Children and teens: Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal thinking in pediatric patients — close monitoring is essential; regular weight and growth checks are recommended for children and adolescents on SSRIs
🚑If you take too much▾
Taking too much escitalopram can be serious. Reported effects include seizures, confusion or coma, heart rhythm abnormalities (such as QT prolongation and irregular heartbeats), high blood pressure, and serotonin syndrome — especially if other serotonergic drugs were also taken.
If an overdose is suspected, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or go to the nearest emergency room right away. Prolonged heart monitoring is recommended after an escitalopram overdose.
📡Pharmacodynamics — effects in the body▾
Escitalopram is highly selective for the serotonin reuptake transporter, with very little effect on norepinephrine or dopamine systems. It has little to no affinity for a wide range of receptors — including those for histamine, acetylcholine (muscarinic), adrenaline, and dopamine — as well as various ion channels. This selectivity is important because blocking those other receptors is what causes many of the sedating, dry-mouth, and heart-related side effects seen with older antidepressants.
🔬Pharmacokinetics — how your body processes it▾
Escitalopram is well absorbed after an oral dose — food does not affect absorption — with peak blood levels reached in about 5 hours. It is processed mainly by the liver, and the body takes about 27 to 32 hours to clear half of a dose (the half-life), so it takes roughly one week of once-daily dosing to reach steady levels in the blood. In older adults, the drug clears more slowly — levels can be about 50% higher — and in people with liver problems, clearance is significantly reduced, which is why lower doses are recommended for both groups.
📦How to store it▾
Store at 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F); excursions permitted to 15°C to 30°C (59°F to 86°F).
📄 Written from Escitalopram’s FDA-approved label information, summarized in plain language with AI, and reviewed by our pharmacy team before publication. Every point is grounded in that labeling — nothing is invented. How we use AI →
Supplements & herbs that interact with Escitalopram
55 supplements and herbal products have documented interactions with Escitalopram in the licensed clinical database we use. Most are manageable — but your pharmacist should know about everything you take, including vitamins and herbals.
- Major · 2
- Moderate · 38
- Minor · 15
Educational information from a licensed clinical database (Natural Medicines) — see our data sources & update cadence. Not medical advice: an interaction being documented does not mean it will happen to you; do not start or stop medications or supplements without professional guidance.
Nutrient depletion considerations
Escitalopram has been associated with lower levels of 1 nutrient in the clinical literature. This does not mean a deficiency will occur — it means these may be worth discussing with your pharmacist or healthcare provider, especially with long-term use.
Educational information from a licensed clinical database (Natural Medicines) — not medical advice. Do not start or stop medications or supplements without professional guidance.
🩺 Pharmacist Counseling Corner
Quick, plain-English answers to the questions patients ask most about Escitalopram — the kind of thing our pharmacy team would talk through with you at the counter.
How long will it take before I start feeling better on escitalopram? ▾
Is it okay to stop taking escitalopram if I feel better? ▾
What side effects should I actually watch out for? ▾
Can I take ibuprofen or aspirin while I'm on escitalopram? ▾
Is it safe to drink alcohol while taking escitalopram? ▾
I'm pregnant — is escitalopram safe for my baby? ▾
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💬 Answers drafted from Escitalopram’s FDA-approved label information, summarized in plain language with AI, and reviewed by our pharmacy team before publication. Grounded in that labeling — nothing is made up. How we use AI →
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💊 How Escitalopram comes
Escitalopram is available in 3 forms. Different forms and brands can have different approved uses, doses, schedules, and directions. Follow the instructions for your exact product, and do not switch forms without guidance from your prescriber or pharmacist.
Tablet
How this form is used
- Treats major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults and in adolescents 12 years of age and older
- Treats generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults
- Lexapro tablets are also approved to treat GAD in pediatric patients 7 years of age and older
- Take once daily, in the morning or evening, with or without food
- Do not stop taking abruptly — reduce the dose gradually under your doctor's guidance
- Lexapro: follow your prescriber's dosing schedule; do not adjust the dose on your own
- When discontinuing Escitalopram Oxalate tablets, reduce the dose gradually whenever possible
Oral solution
How this form is used
- Treats major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults and in pediatric patients 12 years of age and older
- Treats generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults
- Take once daily, in the morning or evening, with or without food
- The tablet and oral solution forms of escitalopram oxalate deliver the same amount of medicine (they are bioequivalent)
- When discontinuing escitalopram oral solution, reduce the dose gradually whenever possible
- Older adults and people with liver problems are typically advised to use a lower once-daily dose — follow your prescriber's instructions
Capsule
How this form is used
- Treats major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults younger than 65 years of age and in pediatric patients 12 years of age and older
- Treats generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults younger than 65 years of age
- Escitalopram capsules are not indicated for patients 65 years of age or older
- Escitalopram capsules are only available in a 15 mg strength — use another escitalopram product to start, adjust, or stop therapy
- Swallow capsules whole; take once daily with or without food
- Escitalopram capsules are not recommended for patients with liver (hepatic) impairment
- When discontinuing, switch to another escitalopram product and reduce the dose gradually
📊 Escitalopram across the U.S. market
How Escitalopram appears in the FDA’s National Drug Code Directory — including its dosage forms, strengths, brand names, manufacturers, and FDA-listed product records. These are directory records, not sales or prescription volume.
FDA-listed product records by dose form (tablet variants merged) — FDA National Drug Code Directory. Record counts are not sales or prescription volume.
Also listed with the FDA, not a patient dose form: Powder (18) — bulk drug substance sold to compounders/manufacturers and multi-item kits. These aren’t counted in the dose-form total above.
Share of FDA-listed product records by manufacturer — FDA National Drug Code Directory. Record counts are not sales or prescription volume.
📈 How widely Escitalopram is used
A general measure of how commonly Escitalopram is prescribed, based on Medicaid — one of the largest public drug programs. The figure below is prescriptions filled in Q1–Q4 2025, summed across every form and brand of the drug.
Think of this as a proxy for how widely Escitalopram is used, drawn from freely available public data. Medicaid is just one program — these numbers don’t include Medicare, other government coverage, or commercial and cash-pay prescriptions, so real-world use is higher than what’s shown here.
How commonly is Escitalopram prescribed? Of the 1,596 medications we measure, Escitalopram ranks #26 by Medicaid prescriptions — more than 98% of them.
Utilization by Escitalopram product
Pick a product to see its own Medicaid numbers. Each chip is one clinical product — a specific strength & dosage form as defined by RxNorm — with brand-name and generic versions combined.
escitalopram 10 MG Oral Tablet Most dispensed
Summed across the 26 of 274 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 349332
escitalopram 20 MG Oral Tablet
Summed across the 25 of 250 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 351250
escitalopram 5 MG Oral Tablet
Summed across the 19 of 136 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 351249
escitalopram 1 MG/ML Oral Solution
Summed across the 4 of 16 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 351285
escitalopram 15 MG Oral Capsule
Summed across the 1 of 1 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 2725159
Shares are of the Medicaid prescriptions shown here. Product grouping follows RxNorm (the National Library of Medicine’s drug terminology), so “one product” means one strength & dosage form regardless of manufacturer. Dollar figures are gross Medicaid reimbursement before mandatory rebates — rebates (often large, especially for brand-name drugs) are confidential, so actual net cost to Medicaid is lower than shown.
Source: Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data (CMS), aggregated by generic ingredient — summed across every NDC (all brands, strengths, salt forms and dosage forms) of Escitalopram, and across all states and both fee-for-service and managed-care claims. A general popularity signal; it excludes Medicare, commercial insurance and cash prescriptions, so it is not total U.S. use. Based on the 75 of 677 listed Escitalopram NDCs with Medicaid activity.
🔍 Compare Escitalopram products
A representative set of FDA-listed product records for Escitalopram — across manufacturers, strengths, and dosage forms, grouped by form with each product’s manufacturer and how the FDA approved it. The same medicine may be made and packaged by different companies, so a single drug can have many directory entries. (It’s also why a refill can look different — a new shape, color, or box — even though it contains the same medication.)
| Strength | Route | Manufacturer / Labeler | Category ⓘ | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💊Capsule | ||||
| 15 mg | Oral | Almatica Pharma LLC | NDA | View NDC → |
| 💊Oral solution | ||||
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Atlantic Biologicals Corp | ANDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Chartwell Governmental & Specialty RX, LLC. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Chartwell RX, LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Lannett Company, Inc. × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg/10 mL | Oral | Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. | ANDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg/5 mL | Oral | Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 💊Tablet | ||||
| 5 mg | Oral | A-S Medication Solutions × 6 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | A-S Medication Solutions × 13 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | A-S Medication Solutions × 8 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg/21 | Oral | A-S Medication Solutions × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Accord Healthcare Inc. × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Accord Healthcare Inc. × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Accord Healthcare Inc. × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | — | Allergan, Inc. × 2 listings | DRUG FOR FURTHER PROCESSING | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Allergan, Inc. × 3 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | — | Allergan, Inc. × 2 listings | DRUG FOR FURTHER PROCESSING | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Allergan, Inc. × 3 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Allergan, Inc. × 3 listings | NDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | — | Allergan, Inc. × 2 listings | DRUG FOR FURTHER PROCESSING | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | American Health Packaging | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | American Health Packaging × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | American Health Packaging × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Asclemed USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Asclemed USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Asclemed USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | BluePoint Laboratories × 5 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | BluePoint Laboratories × 5 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | BluePoint Laboratories × 5 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 6 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Cardinal Health | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Cardinal Health | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Cardinal Health 107, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Cardinal Health 107, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Denton Pharma, Inc. DBA Northwind Pharmaceuticals × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Denton Pharma, Inc. DBA Northwind Pharmaceuticals | ANDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
| 5 mg | Oral | Direct Rx | ANDA | Find on DailyMed ↗ |
| 10 mg | Oral | Direct Rx | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Direct_Rx × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Major Pharmaceuticals × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Major Pharmaceuticals × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | medsource pharmaceuticals | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | NuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Pharmasource Meds, LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Proficient Rx LP | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Proficient Rx LP | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Quality Care Products, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Remedyrepack Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Remedyrepack Inc. × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 20 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 💊Bulk drug substance | ||||
| 50 kg/50 kg | — | Aurobindo Pharma Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Aurore Pharmaceuticals Private Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 25 kg/25 kg | — | Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 25 kg/25 kg | — | Cipla Ltd. | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Dasami Lab Private Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Hetero Labs Limited × 3 listings | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Jubilant Biosys limited × 2 listings | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Maithri Laboratories Private Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Matrix Pharmacorp Private Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Neuland Laboratories Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | SMS Pharmaceuticals Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Virupaksha Organics Limited | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Willow Birch Pharma, LLC | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
| 1 kg/kg | — | Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | BULK INGREDIENT | View NDC → |
Showing 200 of 457 products — FDA National Drug Code Directory. See every product, package size and price: browse all 457 Escitalopram NDCs →
📈 What people report — real-world data (FDA FAERS)
After a medicine reaches the market, patients, doctors and drugmakers can send the FDA reports of problems they think may be linked to it. Here’s what’s been reported for Escitalopram — a signal of what to watch for, not proof the drug caused it.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). These are voluntary reports — they don’t prove the drug caused the effect, and counts reflect how often something was reported, not how often it actually happens. Reports also often name the very problem the medicine is taken for — a common reason to file one is that the drug didn’t help — so for a pain reliever you may see “pain” high on the list; that points to why the report was filed, not to the drug causing the symptom. This counts every report that lists Escitalopram in any role, so the total runs higher than the FDA’s official dashboard, which counts only cases where the drug is the suspect. For the authoritative figures, see the FDA FAERS Public Dashboard. Always talk to your pharmacist or doctor.
🏛️ The road to your pharmacy
How Escitalopram went from FDA review to the pharmacy shelf — the key milestones in its regulatory journey.
Source: Drugs@FDA.
🚨 Recall history
A recall is when a specific batch of a medicine is pulled from the market — usually a manufacturing issue, not a problem with the drug itself. Class I is most serious, Class III least.
Source: openFDA drug enforcement (recall) reports.
RxNorm Concept Web — From Ingredient to Every Form and Strength
This page starts with one ingredient concept (IN). The branches below show its dose-form concepts (SCDF), then the available clinical drug and strength concepts (SCD). Combination products remain separate concepts with their own pages.
RxCUI 321988 3 dose forms · 5 strengths
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Dose form (SCDF) Oral Capsule RxCUI 2725158In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 15 MGRxCUI 2725159 -
Dose form (SCDF) Oral Solution RxCUI 378734In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 1 MG/MLRxCUI 351285 -
Dose form (SCDF) Oral Tablet RxCUI 378695In current FDA listings
Look up RxCUI 321988 in the RxCUI Atlas →
RxNorm is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s normalized drug vocabulary. Its concept hierarchy can include forms that are not currently marketed; the status on each branch compares that concept with current FDA listings. RxCUIs identify vocabulary concepts, not individual packages or manufacturers.
📦 Supply & shortage status
Whether Escitalopram is in short supply in the U.S. right now, plus any shortage history the FDA has on record. A shortage usually reflects a manufacturing or demand issue — not a safety problem with the drug.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Drug Shortages database.
🏷️ Sold under these brand names
🏭 Manufacturers & labelers
…and 16 more on the FDA NDC directory.
RxNorm drug class
Escitalopram belongs to the Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor class.
Classified by RxNorm RxClass — the U.S. National Library of Medicine's standardized drug-classification service (Established Pharmacologic Class from the FDA, the ATC drug family from the WHO, and mechanism of action). Reference only, not medical advice.
🔬 Where this comes from
Core label, product, RxNorm, safety, and utilization data on this page come from the sources identified below. AI-written, editorial, and licensed sections are labeled separately.
How we combine label and product data
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