Quetiapin Medical Valley
Quetiapin Medical Valley contains quetiapine and is used to treat mental health conditions like bipolar depression, mania, and schizophrenia.
Form
depottabletti
Strength
150 mg
Active Ingredient
Quetiapine fumarate
Manufacturer
Medical Valley Invest AB
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will decide your dose, typically between 150 mg and 800 mg per day.
Method
Take tablets once a day with water, whole. Do not break, chew, or crush them. Take them without food (at least 1 hour before a meal or at bedtime, as advised by your doctor).
Important
The usual maximum daily dose is 800 mg, but always follow your doctor's specific instructions.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Dizziness (can lead to falls)
- •Headache
- •Dry mouth
- •Drowsiness (may lessen with continued use)
- •Withdrawal symptoms (like trouble sleeping, nausea, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness, irritability) if you stop taking the medicine suddenly
- •Weight gain
- •Abnormal muscle movements (difficulty starting movements, tremors, restlessness, muscle stiffness without pain)
- •Changes in certain fat levels (triglycerides and total cholesterol)
- •Fast heartbeat
- •Palpitations, pounding or racing heart
- •Constipation, upset stomach (indigestion)
- •Weakness
- •Swelling of arms or legs
- •Low blood pressure, especially when standing up (can cause dizziness or fainting)
- •High blood sugar
- •Blurred vision
- •Abnormal dreams and nightmares
- •Increased appetite
- •Irritability
- •Speech and language difficulties
- •Suicidal thoughts and worsening depression
- •Shortness of breath
- •Vomiting (mainly in the elderly)
- •Fever
- •Changes in thyroid hormone levels in blood
- •Decrease in certain types of white blood cells
- •Increase in liver enzymes in blood
- •Increase in prolactin hormone in blood (can cause breast swelling, unexpected milk production, or irregular periods in women)
RARE
- •Seizures
- •Allergic reactions (hives, swelling of skin and around mouth)
- •Unpleasant feeling in legs (restless legs syndrome)
- •Difficulty swallowing
- •Uncontrolled movements, especially of face or tongue
- •Sexual problems
- •Diabetes
- •Changes in heart's electrical activity (QT prolongation on ECG)
- •Slower than normal heart rate (can occur at start of treatment, with low blood pressure and fainting)
- •Difficulty urinating
- •Fainting (can lead to falls)
- •Stuffy nose
- •Decrease in red blood cells
- •Decrease in sodium in blood
- •Worsening diabetes
- •Confusion
- •Serious reaction with fever, sweating, stiff muscles, severe drowsiness or weakness (Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome)
- •Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice)
- •Liver inflammation (hepatitis)
- •Long-lasting, painful erection
- •Breast swelling and unexpected milk production (galactorrhea)
- •Menstrual problems
- •Blood clots in veins, especially in legs (swelling, pain, redness); can travel to lungs causing chest pain, breathing difficulties
- •Sleepwalking, talking, eating, or other activities while asleep
- •Low body temperature (hypothermia)
- •Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis)
- •Metabolic syndrome (a combination of at least 3 signs: increased belly fat, low good cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, high blood sugar)
- •Fever, flu-like symptoms, sore throat or other infection with very low white blood cells (agranulocytosis)
- •Bowel blockage
- •Increase in creatine phosphokinase in blood (a substance from muscles)
- •Severe rash, blisters or red spots on skin
- •Severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) causing breathing difficulties or shock
- •Sudden swelling of skin, usually around eyes, lips, and throat (angioedema)
- •Serious blistering disease of skin, mouth, eyes, and genitals (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)
- •Abnormal secretion of hormone that regulates urine volume
- •Muscle breakdown and muscle pain (rhabdomyolysis)
- •Rash with irregular red spots (erythema multiforme)
- •Red skin areas with small pus-filled blisters (Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis)
- •Serious, sudden allergic reaction with fever, skin blisters, and peeling skin (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis)
- •Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) with flu-like symptoms, rash, fever, swollen glands, and abnormal blood tests (increased white blood cells, liver enzymes)
- •Withdrawal symptoms in newborns if mother used Quetiapin Medical Valley during pregnancy
- •Stroke
- •Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy)
- •Heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis)
- •Blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis), often with red or purple spots on skin
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to quetiapine or any other ingredients, or if you are taking certain medicines for HIV, fungal infections (azoles), bacterial infections (erythromycin, clarithromycin), or depression (nefazodone).
- Tell your doctor if you have heart problems like irregular heartbeat, weak heart muscle, or if you take medicines that affect your heart.
- Inform your doctor if you have low blood pressure or have had a stroke, especially if you are elderly.
- Let your doctor know if you have liver problems, a history of seizures, or diabetes. Your blood sugar may need to be checked.
- If you are elderly and have dementia or Parkinson's disease, this medicine may increase the risk of stroke or death.
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- Tell your doctor if you or your family have a history of blood clots, or if you have sleep apnea and use medicines that make you sleepy.
- Inform your doctor if you have trouble emptying your bladder, an enlarged prostate, blocked bowels, or high eye pressure.
- Discuss with your doctor if you have a history of alcohol or drug abuse, or if you are taking other antidepressant medicines, as there is a risk of a serious reaction called serotonin syndrome.
- Seek immediate medical help if you experience fever with stiff muscles, sweating, confusion, uncontrolled movements, severe dizziness, seizures, a long-lasting painful erection, or fast/irregular heartbeats.
- Contact your doctor right away if you have fever, flu-like symptoms, sore throat (signs of low white blood cells), severe constipation, or if you have thoughts of harming yourself or worsening depression, especially if you are young.
- Stop taking this medicine and see a doctor immediately if you get a severe skin rash, blisters, or skin peeling.
- Weight gain can occur; your weight should be monitored. This medicine is not for children or adolescents under 18 years old.