Do you know for what is and for what is seroquel?

Question

It's a medicine, but for what???

Answer 1

Seroquel is an antipsychotic.

I take it for Bipolar disorder. So, it also acts as a mood stabilizer.

Some people are being prescribed it to help them sleep at night. (at low doses)

Answer 2

It is used to treat Bipolar disorders:

Seroquel
quetiapine (KWET eye ah peen)



This is the most important information you should know about Seroquel?
• Call your doctor immediately or seek medical attention if you experience uncontrollable movements of the mouth, tongue, cheeks, jaw, arms, or legs.
• Call your doctor immediately or seek medical attention if you experience fever, sweating, severe muscle stiffness (rigidity), confusion, fast or irregular heart beats. These could be symptoms of a potentially fatal side effect called Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS).
• Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Seroquel may cause dizziness or drowsiness. If you experience dizziness or drowsiness, avoid these activities.
• Dizziness may be more likely to occur when you rise from a sitting or lying position. Rise slowly to prevent dizziness and a possible fall.
• Avoid alcohol during treatment with Seroquel. Alcohol may increase drowsiness and dizziness caused by Seroquel.
• Use caution in hot weather and during exercise to avoid becoming overheated during treatment. It is easy to become dangerously dehydrated while taking Seroquel

Answer 3

Quetiapine (Seroquel) is indicated for the short term treatment of schizophrenia and for the short term treatment of bipolar dysthymic disorder (which people most often refer to as manic depressive). Bipolar dysthymic disorder may present with mania only, depression only, or both. It is a frequently missed diagnosis and I have missed it myself and it is thought to be more common than previously suspected. The company that manufactures quetiapine is marketing it very heavily to physicians and I am concerned that it may as a result be overprescribed. Side effects to the drug are quite common which emphasizes that the diagnosis should be fairly certain before the physician potentially poisons the patient. In my limited experience initiating quetiapine in acutely ill people with schizophrenia side effects have limited its value and I suspect that other drugs may be preferred. Quetiapine may be used alone or with other drugs for both schizophrenia and bipolar dysthymic disorder. Similar to my experience in schizophrenia the need to relatively 'rapidly' increase the dose of quetiapine in manic patients side effects have limited its value. By rapid I mean the dosage increases recommended by the Food and Drug Administration as based upon previous study. In those who are not acutely ill such as dysthymic patients with depression slower titration of dose allows quetiapine to be better tolerated but it should be remembered that it is approved for short term use only so I wonder if even in this case there are not better choices. Thank you for your question.

Answer 4

Seroquel is an antipsychotic...used to treat bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia....and other like illnesses.....and also...it is abused on the streets I have heard too.....it's nothing to abuse.....use it with caution if you were prescribed it..

Answer 5

It is an antipsychotic medication that is all the rave right now for treating everything from schizophrenia to bi-polar disorders. Its use must be closely monitored. It is prescribed by psychiatrists.

Answer 6

It is the current top rated medication for treating bi-polar disorder. It is an anit-psychotic that doctors prescribe to help keep the mood swings more stable, and to help keep the patient less agitated.

Answer 7

seroquel is used for bi polar disorder and anxiety,, to really calm you down

Answer 8

It's basically for Schizophrenia, but is also used for Depression. As I take at bedtime with slew of other meds.

Answer 9

used mostly to stabalize mood in bi-polar and severly depressed,,,it helps a lot with rage and is used often on herion and pain killer attacks

it is an ati-psychotic,,so it can be used for shiczophrenia anddrug induced psychosis

Answer 10

i used to take it for my schizoaffective disorder...which is schizophrenia combined with a mood disorder like bipolar or depression..... mine is the bipolar type...

while it worked okay...i was unhappy as i gained 30 pounds on it....