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What is Ziprasidone?

Ziprasidone is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia. It is also used to treat episodes of mania or mixed episodes in people with bipolar disorders. It is in a class of medical called atypical antipsychotics.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
18 40%
Moderate
16 36%
Mild
6 13%
None
5 11%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
22 49%
Akathisia - internal restlessness
13 29%
Hand tremor
9 20%
Headaches
6 13%
Agitation
6 13%
Diarrhea
6 13%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Ziprasidone. See all 12 dosages ►

  20mg as needed 2.1875 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 160 mg daily 200 mg daily 240 mg daily 320 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 12 Number of Patients: 12 15 Number of Patients: 15 30 Number of Patients: 30 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 32 Number of Patients: 32 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ziprasidone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
35 76% Side effects too severe: 76%
Doctor's advice
13 28% Doctor's advice: 28%
Did not seem to work
11 24% Did not seem to work: 24%
Other
4 9% Other: 9%
Expense
1 2% Expense: 2%
Personal research
1 2% Personal research: 2%

See all 45 patients who’ve stopped taking Ziprasidone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ziprasidone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
6
8
22
16
17

Stopped Taking Ziprasidone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
23
8
4
4
4
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
35 78%
Usually
6 13%
Sometimes
3 7%
Never
1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
13 29%
Somewhat
4 9%
A little
9 20%
Not at all
19 42%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
3 7%
$100-199
1 2%
$50-99
9 20%
$25-49
5 11%
< $25
12 27%

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

Report created on November 21, 2009.