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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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 7 |
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2 | |||
| Anxiety | 6 |
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3 | |||
| Sleep problems | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Insomnia | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Panic attacks | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bipolar Disorder | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other
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2 | 33% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 17% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 17% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- ukwildcat
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: moderate
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
- 674
- VL 102
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- ukwildcat
- 300 mg daily
- since Oct 29, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Excellent medication to supplement with existing SSRI/SSNRI Tx. See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on March 19, 2010.