The recommended dose of escitalopram tablets in hepatically impaired patients is 10 mg daily [see Dosage and Administration (2.5) and Use in Specific Populations (8.6)]. Because escitalopram is extensively metabolized, excretion of unchanged drug in urine is a minor route of elimination. Until ...
Escitalopram is the S -isomer of racemic citalopram which is metabolized to 2 metabolites, each having antidepressant activity considered to be about 13% that of citalopram.[3] Maternal Levels. Eight women taking escitalopram in an average dosage of 199 mcg/kg daily (10 to 20 mg daily) had ...