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What is Quetiapine?

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotics that is used to treat schizophrenia; for manic episodes and maintenance treatment in bipolar I and for depression in bipolar disorder. Off label it is used for autism and psychosis/agitation related to Alzheimer's dementia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bipolar Disorder 306 105 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 300 108 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 173 74 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar II Disorder 160 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar I Disorder 133 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 89 36 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1029 patients currently taking Quetiapine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 97
Moderate
 148
Mild
 89
None
 60

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Quetiapine

Weight gain 111
Daytime sleepiness 61
Hangover effect 56
Loss of energy 33
Inability to concentrate 30
Drowsiness 20
See all 202 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Quetiapine. See all 50 dosages ►

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily
  128 Number of Patients: 128 173 Number of Patients: 173 27 Number of Patients: 27 168 Number of Patients: 168 49 Number of Patients: 49 136 Number of Patients: 136 134 Number of Patients: 134 71 Number of Patients: 71 51 Number of Patients: 51 30 Number of Patients: 30  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Quetiapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 224   Side effects too severe: 55%
Doctor's advice 121   Doctor's advice: 30%
Did not seem to work 98   Did not seem to work: 24%
Other 61   Other: 15%
Expense 33   Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended 32   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Personal research 24   Personal research: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 14   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 9   Not indicated: 2%

See all 394 patients who’ve stopped taking Quetiapine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Quetiapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Quetiapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Quetiapine

Always
 295 75%
Usually
 69 18%
Sometimes
 21 5%
Never
 9 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Quetiapine

Very
 39 10%
Somewhat
 74 19%
A little
 76 19%
Not at all
 205 52%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Quetiapine

$200+
 20 8%
$100-199
 17 7%
$50-99
 19 8%
$25-49
 50 20%
< $25
 141 57%

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Report created on May 20, 2012.