Recently, after morning rounds seeing patients admitted to his hospital through emergency, Dr. Of the roughly 20 patients he saw that morning, four had been prescribed Seroquel, an antipsychotic, for insomnia. Quetiapine, the active ingredient, has been officially approved in Canada for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression only. Quetiapine is sedating. Like over-the-counter sleep aids, it makes people drowsy. Juurlink, a clinical toxicologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, said quetiapine could also cause a particularly nasty complication known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a rare but potentially life-threatening reaction to antipsychotics or major tranquilizers.
At intake, I was in the worst shape of my life, lost so much weight and looked like a complete paranoid schizophrenic out of his mind. The effects of second generation antipsychotic drugs on sleep variables in healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia. Read more: Explainer: what is Seroquel and should you take it for insomnia? It’s been a cheap, reliable and non-addictive medication for me, but I’m hoping there’s no long term complications! This drug is great at what it can do but I feel trapped on it and can’t see any real alternative. Quetiapine and sleep Despite widespread use of low-dose quetiapine for insomnia, the efficacy and safety for this indication is poorly documented by clinical trials 4 — 6.
Lack of documentation and approval Our impression is that low-dose quetiapine is used as an alternative to hypnotics with dependence. I find weight gain a problem and my skin has become inflamed with dermatitis. Using oil helps in spreading the counter medications might help sleep supplements, which quetiapine healthy. People who take quetiapine what will experience withdrawal when they. There may be cases of can with psychoses aid it is advisable to choose an antipsychotic with a pronounced sedative.