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What Are The Side Effects Of Lexapro?

Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2015

Question: ive been taking 10mg of lexapro for a year and a half and now for the past 2 weeks i cannot get an erection and i dont have as much desire im also taking doxycycline for acne for the past year as well after stopping the lexapro how long toill the sexual side effects go away its been 4 days off of it and nothing

it feels like it should be getting hard like i can make a squeeze like when getting a regular erection but it doesnt fill up

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (33 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Side effect of leXapro

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Impotence is one of the major side effect of lexapro.
It usually takes about 5 days for the effect of lexapro to reduce. If you face difficulty in maintaining an erection or getting an erection even after a week then please meet your doctor for performance enhancers like Viagra

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

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