Cipralex is effective in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Cipralex provides significant improvements in OCD symptoms in patients treated with escitalopram (10 or 20 mg mg/day) compared with placebo. Escitalopram (10 mg or 20mg/day) significantly reduced the risk of relapse in patients with OCD compared with placebo.

Change in Y-BOCS total score from baseline (ref.1)

In a 24-week trial, escitalopram (20 mg/day) showed significantly greater improvement in Y-BOCS total score at Week 12 vs placebo

Patients in remission (%) (ref.1)

Cipralex 20 mg/day was statistically superior to placebo from Week 12 onwards

References:

1. Stein et al. Curr Med Res Opin 2007;23(4):701-711