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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 276 103 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar Disorder 266 91 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 173 74 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar II Disorder 137 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar I Disorder 117 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 86 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 975 patients currently taking Quetiapine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 88
Moderate
 135
Mild
 88
None
 58

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

Weight gain 104
Daytime sleepiness 61
Hangover effect 56
Loss of energy 33
Inability to concentrate 30
Drowsiness 18
See all 175 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Quetiapine. See all 48 dosages ►

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily
  124 Number of Patients: 124 162 Number of Patients: 162 23 Number of Patients: 23 165 Number of Patients: 165 43 Number of Patients: 43 122 Number of Patients: 122 134 Number of Patients: 134 64 Number of Patients: 64 47 Number of Patients: 47 29 Number of Patients: 29  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Quetiapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 208   Side effects too severe: 56%
Doctor's advice 104   Doctor's advice: 28%
Did not seem to work 94   Did not seem to work: 25%
Other 55   Other: 15%
Expense 31   Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended 30   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Personal research 23   Personal research: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 12   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 8   Not indicated: 2%

See all 362 patients who’ve stopped taking Quetiapine

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

Currently Taking Quetiapine

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

Stopped Taking Quetiapine

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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 Quetiapine

Always
 277 75%
Usually
 62 17%
Sometimes
 21 6%
Never
 9 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Quetiapine

Very
 36 10%
Somewhat
 70 19%
A little
 70 19%
Not at all
 193 52%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Quetiapine

$200+
 18 8%
$100-199
 17 7%
$50-99
 18 8%
$25-49
 50 21%
< $25
 133 56%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.