Is Citalopram as effective as TCAs?
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Yes. An analysis of five controlled studies of 5-6 weeks duration that compared citalopram with amitriptyline, clomipramine, imipramine, and nortriptyline in a total of 327 patients found no significant difference in efficacy between citalopram and these TCAs (ref.1).
References:
1. Bech and Cialdella 1992 - fig 11 visualised