Still interested in taking the antipsychotic Seroquel for insomnia off-label? think again, know your medications, this is not a sleep aid. (and it's not an antidepressant)
Seroquel label fine print pdf click here:
• QT Prolongation: Post-marketing cases show increases in QT interval in
patients who overdosed on quetiapine, in patients with concomitant illness, and in
patients taking medicines know to cause electrolyte imbalance or increase QT
interval. Avoid use with drugs that increase the QT interval and in patients with
risk factors for prolonged QT interval.
What is QT Prolongation?
QT Interval:
"In cardiology, the QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart's electrical cycle. In general, the QT interval represents electrical depolarization and repolarization of the left and right ventricles. A prolonged QT interval is a biomarker for ventricular tachyarrhythmias like torsades de pointes and a risk factor for sudden death."-wikipedia
The label changes listed on the info prescribing sheet
RECENT MAJOR CHANGES
Warnings and Precautions, Hyperglycemia (5.4), 1/2011
Warnings and Precautions, Hyperlipidemia (5.5), 1/2011
Warnings and Precautions, Weight Gain (5.6), 1/2011
Warnings and Precautions, QT prolongation (5.12), 6/2011
Warnings and Precautions, Hypothyroidism (5.14), 1/2011
Warnings and Precautions, Withdrawal (5.23), 05/2010
This is an antipsychotic, not an antidepressant, not a sleep aid, it was created for psychosis treatment and is now off-label used and being approved for just about everything imaginable. At what cost does AstraZeneca milk this patent? this is a potent neuroleptic and note that there are withdrawals warnings in the fine print also...
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