'''Escitalopram''' (''Leksapro'', ''Cipraleks'', ''Seropleks'', ''Leksamil'', ''Leksam'') je [[Antidepresivi|antidepresiv]] iz klase [[selektivni inhibitor preuzimanja serotonina|selektivnih inhibitora preuzimanja serotonina]] (SSRI). On je odobreneodobren od strane [[Administracija za hranu i lekove|FDA]] za lečenje odraslih osoba sa [[Klinička depresija|kliničkom depresijom]]<ref name="pmid19210149">{{cite journal | author = Kennedy SH, Andersen HF, Thase ME | title = Escitalopram in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis | journal = Current Medical Research and Opinion | volume = 25 | issue = 1 | pages = 161–75 | year = 2009 | month = January | pmid = 19210149 | doi = 10.1185/03007990802622726 | url = http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1185/03007990802622726%20 | issn = | accessdate = 2011-05-06}}</ref>, i [[Generalizovani anksiozni poremećaj|generalizovanim anksioznim poremećajem]]<ref name="pmid19155456">{{cite journal | author = Lenze EJ, Rollman BL, Shear MK, Dew MA, Pollock BG, Ciliberti C, Costantino M, Snyder S, Shi P, Spitznagel E, Andreescu C, Butters MA, Reynolds CF | title = Escitalopram for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial | journal = JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association | volume = 301 | issue = 3 | pages = 295–303 | year = 2009 | month = January | pmid = 19155456 | pmc = 2840403 | doi = 10.1001/jama.2008.977 | url = http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19155456 | issn = | accessdate = 2011-05-06}}</ref>. Escitalopram je -{''S''}--[[stereoizomer]] ([[enantiomer]]) ranijeg Lundbeckovog leka [[citalopram]]a, odakle potiče ime ''es''citalopram. Escitalopram je poznat po svojoj visokoj selektivnosti za inhibiciju preuzimanja [[serotonin]]a. On poseduje tipične nuspojave SSRI klase.
