Seroquel, the antipsychotic patent extender turned antidepressant and used for many off-label uses such as insomnia has an addition to its product label:
5.22 Withdrawal
Acute withdrawal symptoms, such as insomnia, nausea and vomiting have been described after abrupt cessation of atypical antipsychotic drugs, including quetiapine fumarate. (Seroquel)
In short-term placebo-controlled, monotherapy clinical trials with SEROQUEL XR that included a discontinuation phase which evaluated discontinuation symptoms, the aggregated incidence of patients experiencing one or more discontinuation symptoms after abrupt cessation was 12.1% (241/1993) for SEROQUEL XR and 6.7% (71/1065) for placebo. The incidence of the individual adverse events (i.e., insomnia, nausea, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness and irritability) did not exceed 5.3% in any treatment group and usually resolved after 1 week post-discontinuation. Gradual withdrawal is advised."
Were you prescribed Seroquel for insomnia? that's off-label use and if you suffered any adverse events while using or withdrawing from Seroquel report it to the FDA.
5.22 Withdrawal
Acute withdrawal symptoms, such as insomnia, nausea and vomiting have been described after abrupt cessation of atypical antipsychotic drugs, including quetiapine fumarate. (Seroquel)
In short-term placebo-controlled, monotherapy clinical trials with SEROQUEL XR that included a discontinuation phase which evaluated discontinuation symptoms, the aggregated incidence of patients experiencing one or more discontinuation symptoms after abrupt cessation was 12.1% (241/1993) for SEROQUEL XR and 6.7% (71/1065) for placebo. The incidence of the individual adverse events (i.e., insomnia, nausea, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness and irritability) did not exceed 5.3% in any treatment group and usually resolved after 1 week post-discontinuation. Gradual withdrawal is advised."
Were you prescribed Seroquel for insomnia? that's off-label use and if you suffered any adverse events while using or withdrawing from Seroquel report it to the FDA.
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"Were you prescribed Seroquel for insomnia?"
Three times in a 24 hour period by three different "walk-in" docs.
..."I can't sleep..." gets people 100mg samples and a written script for more.
*no adverse events, as the poison is still sitting in their boxes*
...Imagine that..free samples of a street drug.
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