SURVEYOR Health - Drug Interactions and Side Effects of Citalopram

Drug Interactions and Side Effects of Citalopram

Citalopram has 90 Side Effects total
60 are Life Threatening
8 Occur Most Frequently

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Uses of Citalopram

USES: Citalopram is an antidepressant (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-SSRI) used to treat depression. It works by restoring the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters such as serotonin) in the brain. Citalopram may improve your feelings of well-being and energy level.

Citalopram has 60 Life Threatening (Critical) Side Effects

Critical Seriousness - A Feeling of Restlessness with Inability to Sit Still - Akathisia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Abnormal Heart Rhythm - Conduction Disorder of the Heart is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Abortion is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Acute Inflammation of the Pancreas - Acute Pancreatitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Aggressive Behavior is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Altered Interest in Having Sexual Intercourse - Libido Changes is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Bleeding of the Stomach or Intestines - Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Blood Clot - Thrombotic Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Blurred Vision is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Breast Fullness due to Milk Production - Breast Engorgement is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Breast Tenderness - Mastalgia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Confused - Impaired Cognition is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Continued Painful Erection - Priapism is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Decrease in the Blood-Clotting Protein Prothrombin - Hypoprothrombinemia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Decreased Blood Platelets - Thrombocytopenic Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Delusions - Delusional Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Difficult or Painful Urination - Dysuria is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Discharge of Milk in Men or Women when Not Breastfeeding - Galactorrhea not associated with Childbirth is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Erythema Multiforme is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Excess Urination - Polyuria is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Extrapyramidal Reaction - Extrapyramidal Disease is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Extreme Sense of Well Being - Euphoria is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Feeling Restless - Feeling Agitated is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Fever is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Giant Hives - Angioedema is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Hallucination - Hallucinations is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Having Thoughts of Suicide - Suicidal Ideation is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Hemolytic Anemia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Hemorrhage of Blood Under the Skin - Ecchymosis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Hemorrhage is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Inability to have an Erection - Erectile Dysfunction is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Itching - Pruritus of Skin is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Kidney Failure - Renal Failure is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Life Threatening Allergic Reaction - Anaphylaxis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Liver Tissue Death - Hepatic Necrosis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Loss of Memory - Memory Impairment is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Loss of One's Own Sense of Reality or Identity - Depersonalization is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Low Amount of Sodium in the Blood - Hyponatremia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Manic-Depression - Bipolar Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Mental Disorder with Loss of Normal Personality & Reality - Psychotic Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Mental Impairment is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Mood Changes is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Myoclonus is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Panic Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Paranoia - Paranoid Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Problem with Ejaculation - Disorder of Ejaculation is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Problem with Periods - Menstrual Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Prolonged Q-T Interval on EKG - Prolonged QT Interval is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Rash - Skin Rash is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Reaction due to an Allergy - Allergic Reactions is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Seizures - Seizure Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Serious Muscle Damage that may Lead to Kidney Failure - Rhabdomyolysis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Serotonin Syndrome - Adverse Drug Interaction - Serotonin Syndrome is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Sexual Problems - Abnormal Sexual Function is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Trouble Breathing - Dyspnea is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Very Rapid Heartbeat - Torsades de Pointes - Torsades de Pointes is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

Critical Seriousness - Voluntary Movement Difficulty - Dyskinesia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Citalopram

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Citalopram has 8 Most Frequently Occurring Side Effects

Altered Interest in Having Sexual Intercourse - Libido Changes is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Chronic Trouble Sleeping - Insomnia is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Drowsiness - Drowsy is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Dry Mouth - Xerostomia is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Feel Like Throwing Up - Nausea is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Inability to have an Erection - Erectile Dysfunction is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Problem with Ejaculation - Disorder of Ejaculation is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

Sexual Problems - Abnormal Sexual Function is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Citalopram

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Citalopram Drug-Drug Interactions

Citalopram has interactions of severe seriousness with 55 drug(s):

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Alterra. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Atapryl. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Azilect. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with B Cplx-C-St.Johnwrt-K.&S.Ginsg. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Calcium-Mag-B Complex-D3-Hrb61. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Carbex. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Centrum Herbals St Johns Wort. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Cold & Flu Fighter. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Dexfenfluramine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Digestive Enzym,Plant-Herbcb14. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Eldepryl. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Emsam. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Fa-Omega 3-Dha-Epa-St. John'S. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Fatigue Relief Complex. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Fenfluramine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Furazolidone. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Furoxone. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Harmonex. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Imuzyme. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Isocarboxazid. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Kira St. John'S Wort. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Lecithin-Fa-Vit B Comp-Herbal. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Mag Oxide-St John Wt-Blk Coh. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Marplan. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Matulane. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 2 severe interactions with Meridia. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Methylene Blue (Antidote). Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Mood Formula. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Mood Support Formula. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Moodplex. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Movana. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Nardil. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with One-A-Day Tension. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Orap. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Parnate. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Phenelzine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Phenylalanine-St. J Wort-Griff. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Pimozide. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Pondimin. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Procarbazine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Quanterra Emotional. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Rasagiline. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Redux. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Selegiline. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Selegiline Hcl. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 2 severe interactions with Sibutramine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with St. John'S Wort. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with St. John'S Wort-Siber.Ginseng. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Staycalm. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Stresstabs Herbal Menopause. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Tranylcypromine. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Valerian-St.Johns Wort-Ca-Vits. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Vit C-St. John Wort-Elder-Hb30. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Women'S Complex. Click here to see them

Citalopram has 1 severe interactions with Zelapar. Click here to see them

Citalopram has interactions of serious seriousness with 85 drug(s).

Citalopram has interactions of moderate seriousness with 901 drug(s).

Citalopram has interactions of unknown seriousness with 0 drug(s).

Citalopram has 16 Condition Contraindications

If you have any of these Conditions then you should carefully evaluate the risks of taking Citalopram.

Citalopram Oral Contraindications
(grouped by decreasing seriouosness level)

Relative Contraindications

Congenital Long QT Syndrome - Abnormal EKG with QT changes from Birth is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Hyponatremia - Low Amount of Sodium in the Blood is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Prolonged QT Interval - Prolonged Q-T Interval on EKG is a contraindication of Citalopram.

SIADH Syndrome - Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Suicidal Ideation - Having Thoughts of Suicide is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Torsades de Pointes - Very Rapid Heartbeat - Torsades de Pointes is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Upper GI Bleed - Bleeding from Stomach, Esophagus or Duodenum is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Contraindication Warnings

Bipolar Disorder - Manic-Depression is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Cardiac Disease - Heart Disease is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Disease of Liver - Liver Problems is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Epilepsy - Epileptic Seizure is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Increased Risk of Bleeding is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Recovery Phase Following Myocardial Infarct - Recent Heart Attack is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Serotonin Syndrome - Serotonin Syndrome - Adverse Drug Interaction is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Severe Renal Disease - Serious Kidney Problems is a contraindication of Citalopram.

Citalopram has 7 related brands and strengths:

Celexa 10 Mg Tab Celexa 20 Mg Tab Celexa 40 Mg Tab Citalopram 10 Mg Tab Citalopram 10 Mg/5 Ml Oral Soln Citalopram 20 Mg Tab Citalopram 40 Mg Tab

Citalopram - Symptoms of overdose may include
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US National Poison Hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.

Contact poison control
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canadian residents should call their local poison control center directly.