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Brand Names: Seroquel, Seroquel XR
See also: Seroquel

What is Quetiapine? This drug is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. It is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Brand names include Seroquel® and Seroquel® XR Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

9 patients in the community are taking or have taken Quetiapine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7 77%
Anxiety 2 22%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Quetiapine.

  0 mg none 25 mg day 200 mg day 300 mg day 600 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Quetiapine or how long patients were taking Quetiapine before stopping.

Currently taking Quetiapine

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

Stopped taking Quetiapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Quetiapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Personal research 1 100% Personal research: 100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include: "Hangover effect:" Next morning sleepiness, Weight gain, daytime sleepinesss

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • ukwildcat
    Mental Symptoms: moderate
    Physical Symptoms: moderate
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
    674
    VL 102
    See profile
  • by ukwildcat
    Oct 29, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Excellent medication to supplement with existing SSRI/SSNRI Tx.

See all evaluation results for Quetiapine



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