Escitalopram tablets are generally not fattening while taking them, because escitalopram and citalopram are drugs of similar structure, belonging to selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitors, and are currently mainly used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders and other disease problems. Common side effects are mainly gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, bitter mouth, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or dizziness, headache, anxiety, irritability, unstable blood pressure and other side effects. Long-term use of the possibility of liver function, kidney function damage or 5-hydroxytryptamine syndrome and other side effects, there may be depression to mania problem, that is, depressed patients during the treatment of high emotion, talk incessantly, especially excited, talk big, and so on. However, escitalopram does not have the side effects of excessive sedation as well as causing increased appetite in patients with anxiety and depression, and does not cause problems with obesity.