What is a lethal dose of citalopram?!


Question: I am worried about a suicidal friend who is taking antidepressants. He has 60 20mg pills, is this enough to harm him?


Answers: I am worried about a suicidal friend who is taking antidepressants. He has 60 20mg pills, is this enough to harm him?

Are you sure you are not the person who wants to bump himself off? Quite a few blokes have tried offing themselves with the very antidepressants the shrinks prescribed for them.
Great! If you want to say a permanent arrivaderci to this pathetic excuse for a world, do it right and use KCN or NaCN that's Potassium Cyanide or Sodium Cyanide, and not Zoloft or presciption crap like that. You are likely to survive but seriously brain damaged.

Sounds a bit like the bloke who goes to the bloody Chemists shop "I've this friend who got the crabs from some public woman? Could you recommend a preparation that'd get rid of them?" The "friend" with the crabs doesn't exist!

And why does your "friend" want to off himself? Terminal AIDS or his bloody girlfriend broke up with him? Does he have an understandable reason or is he a complete retard?

all at once yes. He would probably have a heart attack or his brain would swell if he took 60 antidepressants all at once.

Well call the police and look on the net! I have NO experience with this medicine but 60 pills of ANYTHING is NEVER good! Go, Go, GO!!
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Last time you had sex?

I think you need to find him some help.... 60 pills of anything is not cool to take all that once.

only one way to find out

The starting dose is 20mg. The half life is 35 hours so it stays in your body for a good amount of time. My drug book did not state a specific lethal dose, but my guess is that 60 of any type of pill would do the trick. I hope everything works out ok for your friend.

Hi--Yes, you need to find him or something. He needs help. I was once on it and the doctor who prescribed them to me would only prescribe me a 30 day supply just b/c the overdose rate is so high and all. I was on 50 mg, but still....that is not safe. I don't know the exact lethal dose, but anybody who wants to kill them selves needs help. I used to try all of the time, I even tried on citalopram b4. That wasn't a safe thing to do. I had 9 pills 50 mg a piece like I mentioned, and I got sick. But every person is different on how they process it and how much they weigh, etc.

Good Luck & Take Care!! =)

YES phone 999 now any dose of medication over the prescribid dose can be harmfull .obviously your friend needs medical help of some sort. phone NOW

Yes it sounds bad.
I'm on a limit with my citalopram
I take 60mg daily (3x20mg tablets) and am only allowed 7 days in my possesion at a time (=21x20mg tablets) because of fears for my safety.
Do something straight away to help your friend. This isn't a risk worth taking. He needs medical help- immediately.
I know if I had more, then I wouldn't be here now. I thank my psychiatrist for that. (im still suicidal, btw)

Citalopram is one of the few newer antidepressants that can be fatal in overdose because of it's effects on the heart. This is a very tricky situation though, and I'm not entirely sure what you can do about it. If he took all the tablets without knowing then he could die. If you told him they can be fatal in overdose, then that might tempt him to take them.

The only thing that I can think of is for you to contact his caregiver(s) in confidentiality and ask them for advice. This really is a tricky situation and needs expert opinion.

Good luck.

I don't know, I guess it would do a lot of harm. I think your friend may need a true friend to talk to!!





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