Advice
Following a full submission
escitalopram (Cipralex®) is not recommended for use within NHS Scotland for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder.
The manufacturer did not present a sufficiently robust economic analysis to gain acceptance by SMC.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- escitalopram 5mg, 10mg, 15mg and 20mg tablets and 10mg/ml oral drops (Cipralex)
- SMC ID:
- 406/07
- Indication:
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Pharmaceutical company
- Lundbeck Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Central nervous system
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Not recommended
- Date advice published
- 08 October 2007