Lexapro and Panic attack - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Panic attack is reported as a side effect among people who take Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate), especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Xanax, and have Narcolepsy.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Panic attack when taking Lexapro. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 82,231 people who have side effects when taking Lexapro from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Lexapro?
Lexapro has active ingredients of escitalopram oxalate. It is often used in depression. eHealthMe is studying from 91,444 Lexapro users. Check the latest studies of Lexapro.
What is Panic attack?
Panic attack is found to be associated with 2,553 drugs and 2,065 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Panic attack.
82,231 people reported to have side effects when taking Lexapro.
Among them, 902 people (1.1%) have Panic attack.

Among these 902 people:
How long have people been on Lexapro when they have Panic attack? *
- < 1 month: 41.26 %
- 1 - 6 months: 20.28 %
- 6 - 12 months: 4.9 %
- 1 - 2 years: 13.99 %
- 2 - 5 years: 16.08 %
- 5 - 10 years: 1.4 %
- 10+ years: 2.1 %
What is the gender of people who have Panic attack when taking Lexapro? *
- female: 72.25 %
- male: 27.75 %
What is the age of people who have Panic attack when taking Lexapro? *
- 0-1: 0.15 %
- 2-9: 0.15 %
- 10-19: 5.47 %
- 20-29: 11.82 %
- 30-39: 17.58 %
- 40-49: 28.66 %
- 50-59: 19.65 %
- 60+: 16.54 %
What are other drugs people take besides Lexapro? *
- Xanax: 182 people, 20.18%
- Seroquel: 147 people, 16.30%
- Klonopin: 105 people, 11.64%
- Wellbutrin: 99 people, 10.98%
- Cymbalta: 96 people, 10.64%
- Ambien: 94 people, 10.42%
- Zoloft: 93 people, 10.31%
- Ativan: 93 people, 10.31%
- Neurontin: 77 people, 8.54%
- Effexor: 71 people, 7.87%
What are other side effects people have besides Panic attack? *
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 215 people, 23.84%
- Suicidal Ideation: 187 people, 20.73%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 154 people, 17.07%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 151 people, 16.74%
- Dizziness: 149 people, 16.52%
- Headache (pain in head): 146 people, 16.19%
- Pain: 137 people, 15.19%
- Memory Loss: 133 people, 14.75%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 132 people, 14.63%
- Chest Pain: 126 people, 13.97%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Narcolepsy (brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally): 74 people, 8.20%
- Cataplexy (loss of muscle tone accompanied by full conscious awareness): 54 people, 5.99%
- High Blood Pressure: 45 people, 4.99%
- Bipolar Disorder (mood disorder): 45 people, 4.99%
- Sleep Disorder: 44 people, 4.88%
- High Blood Cholesterol: 41 people, 4.55%
- Pain: 39 people, 4.32%
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 31 people, 3.44%
- Insomnia (sleeplessness): 30 people, 3.33%
- Drowsiness: 29 people, 3.22%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Lexapro:
- Lexapro (91,444 reports)
Panic attack treatments and more:
- Panic attack (65,699 reports)
How severe was Panic attack and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of escitalopram oxalate:
- Panic attack and drugs with ingredients of escitalopram oxalate (1,482 reports)
Sub-studies by gender and age:
Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Common Lexapro side effects:
- Lexapro side effect: Depression (5,337 reports)
Browse all side effects of Lexapro:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon drugs associated with Panic attack:
- Xanax side effect: Panic attack (2,396 reports)
- Clonazepam side effect: Panic attack (1,781 reports)
- Seroquel side effect: Panic attack (1,553 reports)
- Paxil side effect: Panic attack (1,544 reports)
- Prednisone side effect: Panic attack (1,507 reports)
- Zoloft side effect: Panic attack (1,451 reports)
- Cymbalta side effect: Panic attack (1,413 reports)
- Chantix side effect: Panic attack (1,383 reports)
- Aspirin side effect: Panic attack (1,340 reports)
- Lyrica side effect: Panic attack (1,315 reports)
Browse all the drugs that are associated with Panic attack:
- Panic attack (2,553 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Panic attack:
- Depression: 4,389 reports
- Antidepressant therapy: 4,375 reports
- Anxiety aggravated: 3,663 reports
- Apprehension: 3,662 reports
- Pain: 2,123 reports
- Pain relief: 2,090 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 1,863 reports
- Panic disorder: 1,831 reports
- Panic attack: 1,767 reports
- Hypertension: 1,717 reports
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Panic attack:
- Panic attack (2,065 conditions)
Drugs similar to Lexapro and Panic attack :
- Abilify side effect: Panic attack
- Adderall side effect: Panic attack
- Amitriptyline hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Bupropion hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Celexa side effect: Panic attack
- Citalopram hydrobromide side effect: Panic attack
- Cymbalta side effect: Panic attack
- Duloxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Effexor side effect: Panic attack
- Effexor xr side effect: Panic attack
- Elavil side effect: Panic attack
- Fluoxetine side effect: Panic attack
- Fluoxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Lamictal side effect: Panic attack
- Lamotrigine side effect: Panic attack
- Lithium carbonate side effect: Panic attack
- Luvox side effect: Panic attack
- Mirtazapine side effect: Panic attack
- Nortriptyline hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Paroxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Paxil side effect: Panic attack
- Pristiq side effect: Panic attack
- Prozac side effect: Panic attack
- Remeron side effect: Panic attack
- Seroquel side effect: Panic attack
- Sertraline side effect: Panic attack
- Sertraline hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Trazodone hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Trintellix side effect: Panic attack
- Venlafaxine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attack
- Viibryd side effect: Panic attack
- Vitamin d side effect: Panic attack
- Wellbutrin side effect: Panic attack
- Wellbutrin sr side effect: Panic attack
- Wellbutrin xl side effect: Panic attack
- Zoloft side effect: Panic attack
Related publications that referenced our studies
- O’Brien FE, O’Connor RM, Clarke G, Donovan MD, Dinan TG, Griffin BT, Cryan JF, "The P-glycoprotein inhibitor cyclosporin A differentially influences behavioural and neurochemical responses to the antidepressant escitalopram", Behavioural brain research, 2014 Mar .
- O’Brien FE, O’Connor RM, Clarke G, Donovan MD, Dinan TG, Griffin BT, Cryan JF, "The P-glycoprotein inhibitor cyclosporin A differentially influences behavioural and neurochemical responses to the antidepressant escitalopram", Behavioural brain research, 2014 Mar .
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on escitalopram oxalate (the active ingredients of Lexapro) and Lexapro (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
How to use the study?
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