What is quetiapine?
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Its brand is Seroquel and can be prescribed for use alone or in combination with other medicines. Like other antipsychotic drugs, Seroquel helps control psychotic behavior by blocking nerve receptors in the brain because changes in brain activity help to create changes in behavior. In 1977, Quetiapin was approved by the administration of the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its use in the treatment of schizophrenia. In 2004, USFDA approved it for the treatment of bipolar disorders and today Seroquel can be prescribed for various sleep and anxiety disorders. Tardive dyskinesia includes involuntary movements - mostly in the face, such as lips and eye flashing. Involuntary movements of hands or legs can also occur. Tardive dyskinesis could present months or even years after drugs such as quetiapine were stopped. For this reason, doctors usually prescribe the lowest effective doses andntipsychotic drugs to patients.
Quetiapine is widely prescribed to treat bipolar disorder, as it is assumed that it helps to control manic episodes associated with disorder. Manic episodes differ in every bipolar individual, but speaking fast, sleeping very little and involvement in impulsive behavior are common. Impulsive behavior may include shopping sprays, sexual matters or bad investment stores. Quetiapine is also commonly prescribed to schizophrenics to help reduce hallucinations. Hallucinations are experience of hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, as well as feelings of persecution or false forces.
When hallucinations are controlled by drugs such as quetiapine, schizophrenia and bipolar people can be able to function well in society and be able to maintain employment. It may take several weeks for the effects of quetiapine to change brain chemistry. Diabetics must be particularlyCare care for quetiapine because it can cause high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. Other side effects of Seroquel or Quetiapine include low blood pressure or hypotension, dizziness, weight gain, headache, anxiety, stomach and fatigue.
Like many other prescribed drugs, Quetiapin is sometimes illegally sold and abused by drug addicts. His street names include Susie Q, Quell and Baby Heroin. It is crushed and snorted with a nose and some addicts mix it with cocaine. This illegal and dangerous use of quetiapine may include injection into the body intravenously.