Drug Safety Information for ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE (Escitalopram oxalate)

Adverse Drug Reactions for ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE* (Escitalopram oxalate)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea*4315
2Fatigue*3648
3Depression3440
4Anxiety*3381
5Drug ineffective3134
6Headache*3108
7Dizziness*2983
8Pain2891
9Diarrhoea2793
10Dyspnoea2686
11Vomiting2640
12Fall2485
13Completed suicide2469
14Insomnia*2182
15Asthenia2142
16Drug interaction2101
17Toxicity to various agents1902
18Tremor1807
19Confusional state1754
20Malaise1744

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Depression*64001
2Product used for unknown indication38246
3Anxiety*11133
4Major depression*2137
5Antidepressant therapy1556
6Bipolar disorder1424
7Depressed mood1040
8Obsessive-compulsive disorder*1021
9Ill-defined disorder867
10Stress781

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 324526


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 324526*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Escitalopram oxalate (Escitalopram, Citralopram, Citalopram, Cytalopram, Lexapro, Escitalopram oxalate)

Charts are based on 324526 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.