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Answers to key questions from experts here at Lundbeck

Here are answers to some of the most common questions concerning Cipralex. For more specific questions, we invite you to Ask an Expert here at Lundbeck. Our Medical Advisers are always happy to help.

Apart from being mirror images, do enantiomers have different properties?

Enantiomers can have different properties. Even though their physicochemical properties are the same, enantiomers may...

Are there other antidepressants that are present as pure enantiomers?

Of the presently available antidepressants that exist as stereoisomers, some have...

How can a single enantiomer provide superior efficacy to the chiral mixture?

On a theoretical basis, a single enantiomer might provide superior...

What is an enantiomer?

Molecules that contain the same atoms linked in the same way, but differing in their three-dimensional...

What is the difference between citalopram and escitalopram?

Citalopram is a racemic mixture, (i.e., a mixture of the S-enantiomer and the R-enantiomer in equal proportions), whereas escitalopram is...

Why has Lundbeck developed escitalopram?

There is a general demand from the health authorities to develop active enantiomers and...

Published: 29/09/2009 Last updated: 27/07/2010