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Posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2007, at 5:24:02
i'm been put on Sertindole (Serdolect)
i'm at the hospital, i hope this helps and i can get a freakin job
Posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2007, at 11:51:19
In reply to i'm been put on Sertindole (Serdolect), posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2007, at 5:24:02
Jeroen what happened with the seroquel. Glad you're getting the help you need. Phillipa ps do you feel better yet?
Posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2007, at 11:55:55
In reply to Re: i'm been put on Sertindole (Serdolect) » Jeroen, posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2007, at 11:51:19
hi, philippa
seroquel worked once and felt really good, but now it doesn't work anymore
strange enough it was a godsend for a few months and no longer ... it's strange i know, my doc sais they don't know it :|
Posted by yxibow on December 21, 2007, at 2:26:50
In reply to seroquel, posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2007, at 11:55:55
> hi, philippa
>
> seroquel worked once and felt really good, but now it doesn't work anymore
>
>
> strange enough it was a godsend for a few months and no longer ... it's strange i know, my doc sais they don't know it :|
Seroquel doesn't provide quite the same relief for me either but I still take it because its the one with the lowest risk to benefit profile (other than glycemic issues) of any agent besides clozapine in the US.
Sertindole isn't available here in the same way Geodon wasn't for a while because it actually -does- elongate the QTc interval a little bit more. A large study was done to prove this to EMEA with the caveat that ECG/EKGs are performed on an ongoing basis.
Strangely Mellaril continues to be on the market, now with a giant black box, that it causes quite a considerable QTc elongation, while Geodon never caused much at all.
Posted by Phillipa on December 21, 2007, at 18:59:16
In reply to Re: seroquel » Jeroen, posted by yxibow on December 21, 2007, at 2:26:50
So geodon is safe? Phillipa
Posted by Jeroen on December 22, 2007, at 1:46:05
In reply to Re: seroquel » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on December 21, 2007, at 18:59:16
geodon is safe if you like TD movements
permanently with no warning at lowest dose 20 mgat 40 mg you will notice the movements in ur eye or other part and quit it on time but not on 20 mg
Posted by yxibow on December 24, 2007, at 0:29:55
In reply to geodon is safe if you like TD movements, posted by Jeroen on December 22, 2007, at 1:46:05
> geodon is safe if you like TD movements
> permanently with no warning at lowest dose 20 mg
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> at 40 mg you will notice the movements in ur eye or other part and quit it on time but not on 20 mg
>While I continue to sympathize of these things as you seem to be very sensitive to neuroleptics, I am also sensitive, even to Zyprexa, there have been no substantial cases of neurologically proven monotherapy TD syndromes for most of the atypicals except for Risperdal, it doesn't mean it isn't possible and I have a tic from Seroquel or Zyprexa, I'm not clear which.
It is not scientifically viable that chucking 40mg of Geodon because of an oculogyric crisis (that's not TD or EPS, that's ID, initial dyskinesia) but 20mg can cause something else entirely in the same patient in a given window of time. The dosage is just not there. I'm not denying you may have a case report, but too often people are not evaluated by neurologists.
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