citalopram
Adjunctive therapy • Brands: Celexa
Last reviewed: 2025-12-29
General information
- Class: Adjunctive therapy
- Common US brands: Celexa
- Therapeutic drug monitoring not routinely recommended.
- Last reviewed: 2025-12-29
Dosing & forms
- Forms/strengths: —
- Frequency: —
- Food: —
- Typical range: —
Mechanism (brief)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
Metabolism & Half‑life
- Metabolism: CYP2C19, CYP3A4, CYP2D6
- Half‑life: Single-dose mean 35 h; Steady-state mean 38 h
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)
Recommended: No
Monitoring highlights
- —
Sources
- Citalopram prescribing information — DailyMed (2025)
- APA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Depression — American Psychiatric Association (2023)
- CANMAT 2024 Clinical Guidelines for Major Depressive Disorder — Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (2024)
- Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder — The Lancet (2018)