Posted by yxibow on January 19, 2008, at 14:17:52
In reply to Seroquel - some info please!, posted by jms600 on January 18, 2008, at 20:06:11
> Hello everyone,
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> I'm sorry if this subject has been 'done to death' over the last few years on this site, but I'd be grateful of some advice if any of you wouldn't mind offering it!
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> My psychiatrist has just prescribed me Seroquel (Quetiapine) for the first time - two days ago - for the treatment of excessive anxiety and panic attacks. He's told me to take 50mg in a single dose at night. (I'm also on 45mg of Mirtazapine - also taken in one single dose at night - which I have been taking for around six weeks now.)
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> He's given me some brief advice on Seroquel, but I really want to hear the views of people who have actually been there, taken Seroquel, worn the proverbial t-shirt etc.
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> 1) He's told me to take 50mg once a day at night. I've read on the net that Seroquel has a 'duration of action' of only 12 hours. Should I really be taking this drug in a single dose at night if the action of the drug only last 12 hours?? Surely I won't feel any benefit of the drug during the day, if this is the case??
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> 2) I've only been taking the drug for two days now but have still to feel any beneficial effects from it. How long does it actually take to kick in - and expect to start feeling less anxiety and panic??
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> Thanks for you advice!!
Few prescribed psychoactive substances have any major effects after two days save for things like benzodiazepines and barbiturates and sleeping agents, etc. Maybe antibiotics and vaccines do too as well, though they're largely not psychoactive, just an example of agents.
Well don't take what you read on the net to be true always because Seroquel actually has a half life of only 6 hours, but has many years of efficacy in patients for one nightly dose to last an entire day. It takes probably about one to two weeks, maybe more depending on the individual, to feel anything in particular because a plasma level has to build up (the 6 hours is not the important part, its your blood level of it) and several months to gain its full relief.-- Jay
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