Posted by yxibow on November 3, 2006, at 2:46:12
In reply to Re: Geodon - good then bad? » chiron, posted by Phillipa on November 2, 2006, at 21:29:48
> Google crazymed.com he gives it a poor rating if I remember it correctly. Love Phillipa
Ratings of medications are only useful if you have a double blind study of hundreds of patients.
Plus the QTc interval issue he gives is out of date, they did a 4000 patient restudy and the medication was reaffirmed and reapproved. Mellaril still continues to be prescribed even though it carries a definite QTc risk.
It also is one of the atypical antipsychotics with a wide dosage range, like Seroquel. Titering is easier in those regards.
Its negatives, well yes, akathisia I can sympathize with that, the rough scale is Risperdal->(Geodon, Abilify)->Zyprexa->Seroquel in terms of possible EPS of that nature. At least in my opinion. Of course as they say, your miles may vary.
But if you aren't getting the results you want (I'm not sure the Dx ?), there are the other aforementioned atypicals -- I don't know if you've already tried them or not
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