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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bipolar Disorder 89 52 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 57 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Borderline Personality Disorder 12 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar II Disorder 12 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar I Disorder 9 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hallucinations 9 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight

See all 182 patients currently taking Ziprasidone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 46
Moderate
 24
Mild
 14
None
 17

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

Sleepiness 28
Internal Restlessness (Akathisia) 15
Tremor in hands 11
Headaches 8
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 7
Tardive dyskinesia 6
See all 101 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Ziprasidone. See all 17 dosages ►

  20 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 140 mg daily 160 mg daily 240 mg daily 320 mg daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 24 Number of Patients: 24 23 Number of Patients: 23 38 Number of Patients: 38 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 52 Number of Patients: 52 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ziprasidone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 57   Side effects too severe: 69%
Doctor's advice 23   Doctor's advice: 28%
Did not seem to work 22   Did not seem to work: 27%
Expense 5   Expense: 6%
Other 4   Other: 5%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 2%

See all 82 patients who’ve stopped taking Ziprasidone

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

Currently Taking Ziprasidone

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

Stopped Taking Ziprasidone

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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 Ziprasidone

Always
 87 86%
Usually
 7 7%
Sometimes
 4 4%
Never
 3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ziprasidone

Very
 20 20%
Somewhat
 14 14%
A little
 10 10%
Not at all
 57 56%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ziprasidone

$200+
 6 9%
$100-199
 7 10%
$50-99
 14 21%
$25-49
 8 12%
< $25
 32 48%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.