Anyone take Lexapro (anti depressant) in Taiwan?

[Tianmu]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

Sorry, I should be more clear.

as Lexapro is simply Celexa that has its inactive isomer removed thereby reducing required dosage, the method of production may be similar and that the difference between the actual brand and the generic brand could be that generic brand has more of the inactive isomer that has not been removed… thus the slightly higher side effect?

No, you were clear the first time, but that’s not how it works. When that is done it becomes a new drug, not a generic version.

[Andrew]

@Tianmu

No, you were clear the first time, but that’s not how it works. When that is done it becomes a new drug, not a generic version.

It’s pretty reasonable what he wrote tbh. That is kind of how it works, and the thing about incomplete chiral purification possibly accounting for some of the differences between manufacturers is plausible in principle. It’s more of a dosage/formulation issue than a “different drug” issue, since the API is identical in both cases.