It is important that your family doctor check your progress at regular appointments, to allow for changes in your dose and to help reduce any side effects.
Do not take citalopram with or within 14 days of taking an MAO inhibitor - furazolidone, isocarboxazid, phenelzine, procarbazine, selegiline, tranylcypromine. Do not take an MAO inhibitor within 14 days of taking citalopram . If you do, you may develop extremely high blood pressure or convulsions - seizures.
Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages while you are taking citalopram.
This drug may cause some people to become drowsy, to have trouble thinking, or to have problems with movement. Make sure you know how you react to citalopram before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert or well-coordinated.