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Renal Drug Handbook, fifth edition - Escitalopram tablets (adults)
Product / population
Historical renal/RRT cross-check for the named ingredient; not a current U.S. prescribing instruction.
Renal method
Book table headings say GFR (mL/min); the preface states adjustment information is based on Cockcroft-Gault CrCl, not indexed eGFR. Do not substitute methods.
Source revision
Fifth edition, 2019
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Local review status
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Handbook
Renal Drug Handbook, fifth edition - Escitalopram tablets (adults)
UK Renal Pharmacy Group / CRC Press · Historical renal/RRT cross-check for the named ingredient; not a current U.S. prescribing instruction.
Renal method: Book table headings say GFR (mL/min); the preface states adjustment information is based on Cockcroft-Gault CrCl, not indexed eGFR. Do not substitute methods. Source date: Fifth edition, 2019 Retrieved: 2026-09-05
Historical source, separately displayed. Renal tables were read with page-image inspection.
Historical renal and dialysis observations
The book retains usual dosing at 30-50 mL/min; at 10-30 and below 10, it favors low initiation and slow titration. HD/high-flux removal is described as absent, and peritoneal/continuous removal as unlikely.
RDM31-escitalopram-tablets-book · Source locator: Dose in renal impairment; renal replacement therapies; Other information
Source-specific limits
This is historical cautious-use advice where the label does not establish a dose below CrCl 20. The printed book bands overlap at 30; they are not an automated algorithm.
Source identity and provenance
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Handbook page
Printed page(s) 386-387; PDF page(s) 405,406
Renal-function method
Book table headings say GFR (mL/min); the preface states adjustment information is based on Cockcroft-Gault CrCl, not indexed eGFR. Do not substitute methods.
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