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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
32 21%
Moderate
52 33%
Mild
43 28%
None
29 19%

Most commonly reported side effects

Weight gain
62 51%
Hangover effect, next morning
52 43%
Daytime sleepiness
51 42%
low energy
32 26%
unable to concentrate
19 16%
Inability to concentrate
14 12%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Quetiapine. See all 34 dosages ►

  0.5 50mg as needed 100mg as needed 200mg as needed 25mg as needed 50 mg as needed 50mg as needed 800 mg all the time (24/7) 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 250 mg daily 300 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 1600 mg daily 15000 mg daily
  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 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 39 Number of Patients: 39 1 Number of Patients: 1 62 Number of Patients: 62 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 71 Number of Patients: 71 3 Number of Patients: 3 15 Number of Patients: 15 53 Number of Patients: 53 5 Number of Patients: 5 54 Number of Patients: 54 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 22 Number of Patients: 22 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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
64 47% Side effects too severe: 47%
Doctor's advice
39 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work
32 24% Did not seem to work: 24%
Other
21 16% Other: 16%
Expense
13 10% Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended
8 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research
6 4% Personal research: 4%
Not indicated
3 2% Not indicated: 2%
Change in health plan coverage
2 1% Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 128 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

Stopped Taking Quetiapine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
122 78%
Usually
24 15%
Sometimes
6 4%
Never
4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
16 10%
Somewhat
35 22%
A little
23 15%
Not at all
82 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
10 6%
$100-199
7 4%
$50-99
8 5%
$25-49
21 13%
< $25
55 35%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.