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Descriptor English: Escitalopram
Descriptor Spanish: Escitalopram
Descriptor escitalopram
Entry term(s) lexapro
oxalato de escitalopram
Scope note: Enantiómero S del CITALOPRAM. Pertenece a un grupo de fármacos conocidos como inhibidores selectivos de la recaptación de serotonina, que se utilizan para tratar la depresión y el trastorno de ansiedad generalizada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Escitalopram
Descriptor French: Escitalopram
Entry term(s): Escitalopram Oxalate
Lexapro
Tree number(s): D02.092.831.230
D02.626.295
D03.633.100.127.203
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000089983
Scope note: S-enantiomer of CITALOPRAM. Belongs to a class of drugs known as SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS, used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Registry Number: 4O4S742ANY
Public MeSH Note: 2022; ESCITALOPRAM was indexed under CITALOPRAM 2001-2021
History Note: 2022 (2001)
DeCS ID: 59754
Unique ID: D000089983
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Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/01
Escitalopram - Narrower
Concept UI M0406596
Scope note S-enantiomer of CITALOPRAM. Belongs to a class of drugs known as SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS, used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
Preferred term Escitalopram
Escitalopram Oxalate - Narrower
Concept UI M000643214
Preferred term Escitalopram Oxalate
Lexapro - Narrower
Concept UI M0504366
Scope note Trade name of escitalopram, the active S-enantiomer of the racemic citalopram.
Preferred term Lexapro



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