Seroquel Generic

Quetiapine fumarate (pronounced /kwɨˈtaɪ.əpiːn/ kwi-TYE-ə-peen), marketed by AstraZeneca as Seroquel or SeroquelXR and by Orion Pharma as Ketipinor, is an atypical antipsychotic used in the management of schizophrenia, bipolar I mania, bipolar II depression, bipolar I depression, and used off-label for a variety of other purposes, including insomnia and anxiety disorders.

The annual sales are an approx. 4,7 $ thousand millions worldwide and 2,9 $ thousand millions in the United States . The American patent, which was made responsible for expiring in 2011, accepted an extension of exclusive rights of paediatrics which pushed its expiration until March 26th, 2012 ; however, in Canada it has already expired. Several pharmaceutical companies make now generic versions of Quetiapine.

Ingredients

Active ingredient: quetiapine fumarate.

Precautions

Say to your doctor before taking Seroquel, if to you:

is allergic in any medicines;
have problems of the heart and/or low blood pressure;
or had the knack;
have problems with your circulation;
problems of liver;
diabetes or high glycemia;
had never had a seizure (the crisis);
is pregnant or feeding the breast.

Recommendations

Follow directions on your tag of prescript carefully. Ask your doctor or chemist if you are sure of nothing. Take Seroquel exactly as run.

Seroquel is taken one or two times one day. Your doctor can regulate your complete daily dose between 150 mgs and 800 mgs a day according to your individual treatment and needs. Some persons need probably more or less that it. Your dose will depend on your answer.

Swallow your whole tablets Seroquel with a full water glass. You can take them before or after the food.

Take your doses in regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than run. Do not give up taking Seroquel without first speaking to your doctor. Your doctor would probably like to diminish your dose progressively.

If you miss a dose of Seroquel, take the dose missed as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost the time for the following dose, skip the missed dose and continue your programme of regular proportion. Do not take double dose to compensate for one missed.

Contact your pediatrician or professional of healthcare concerning the use of this medicine at the children. Special care can be necessary. The patients 65 older years can have a stronger reaction to this medicine and need smaller doses.

Keep your tablets in the temperature of room. Do not keep tablets Seroquel or other medicine in the bathroom or near a sink. Do not leave tablets Seroquel in the car the hot days.

Description

Seroquel (the name: generic Quetiapine; trade name: Ketipinor) belongs to a group of anti-psychotics atypical called of medicines.

Seroquel is used to treat schizophrenia and riot bipolar, so known as manic-depressive depression, in the grown-up patients.
Seroquel can help you to be on the line to reality, to stabilise mood and to reduce your mental problems.

Seroquel is approved for the treatment of depressive and sharp manic-depressive episodes in riot bipolar and for the treatment of long-term maintenance of riot bipolar in the combination with other treatments.

The patients taking Seroquel in a clinical trial signalled an improvement with a variety of symptoms of schizophrenia, by including so-called positive and negative symptoms.

Seroquel works by changing the activity of some natural substances in the brain.

This treatment can be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or chemist for more information.