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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.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
25 18%
Moderate
53 38%
Mild
36 26%
None
26 19%

Most commonly reported side effects

Daytime sleepiness
57 41%
Weight gain
56 40%
Hangover effect, next morning
55 39%
low energy
32 23%
unable to concentrate
18 13%
inability to concentrate
15 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Quetiapine. See all 38 dosages ►

  0.25 25mg as needed 100mg as needed 200mg as needed 25 mg as needed 25mg as needed 50 mg as needed 50mg as needed 800 mg all the time (24/7) daily 12.5 mg daily 18.75 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 62.5 mg daily 75 mg daily 85 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 300 mg one time 312.5 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 450 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 15000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 57 Number of Patients: 57 2 Number of Patients: 2 69 Number of Patients: 69 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 86 Number of Patients: 86 6 Number of Patients: 6 15 Number of Patients: 15 59 Number of Patients: 59 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 63 Number of Patients: 63 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 33 Number of Patients: 33 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 22 Number of Patients: 22 2 Number of Patients: 2 17 Number of Patients: 17 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Quetiapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
67 49% Side effects too severe: 49%
Doctor's advice
39 28% Doctor's advice: 28%
Did not seem to work
29 21% Did not seem to work: 21%
Other
19 14% Other: 14%
Expense
16 12% Expense: 12%
Personal research
6 4% Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended
6 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%
Not indicated
3 2% Not indicated: 2%

See all 129 patients who’ve stopped taking Quetiapine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Quetiapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
11
20
36
75
37
84

Stopped Taking Quetiapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
37
19
25
17
15
18

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
110 79%
Usually
20 14%
Sometimes
7 5%
Never
3 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
21 15%
Somewhat
32 23%
A little
25 18%
Not at all
62 44%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
9 6%
$100-199
5 4%
$50-99
7 5%
$25-49
18 13%
< $25
54 39%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 20, 2009.