Quetiapin Medical Valley
Quetiapin Medical Valley is a medicine that helps treat serious mental health conditions like depression, mania, and schizophrenia.
Form
depottabletti
Strength
300 mg
Active Ingredient
Quetiapine fumarate
Manufacturer
Medical Valley Invest AB
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will tell you how much to take; a typical daily dose is between 150 mg and 800 mg.
Method
Take one tablet whole with water once a day, at least one hour before eating or at bedtime; do not chew, crush, or break it, and avoid grapefruit juice.
Important
Do not take more than 800 mg in a single day, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Dizziness, headache, dry mouth
- •Drowsiness (may lessen with continued use of the medicine)
- •Weight gain
- •Muscle movement problems, such as difficulty starting movements, shaking, restlessness, or muscle stiffness without pain
- •Changes in cholesterol and triglyceride levels in your blood
- •Fast or irregular heartbeat
- •Constipation, indigestion
- •Weakness, swelling in hands or feet
- •Low blood pressure when standing up, which can cause dizziness or fainting
- •High blood sugar
- •Blurred vision
- •Unusual dreams, nightmares
- •Increased appetite, irritability
- •Speech problems
- •Suicidal thoughts or worsening depression
- •Shortness of breath
- •Vomiting (especially in older people)
- •Fever
- •Changes in thyroid hormones
- •Decrease in white blood cells
- •Increased liver enzymes
- •Increased prolactin hormone (can cause breast swelling and milk production in men and women, or irregular periods in women)
- •High blood pressure (in children and adolescents)
RARE
- •Seizures
- •Allergic reactions, such as rash, hives, or facial swelling
- •Restless legs syndrome
- •Difficulty swallowing
- •Uncontrolled movements of the face or tongue
- •Sexual dysfunction
- •Diabetes or worsening diabetes
- •Changes in the heart's electrical activity (QT prolongation on ECG)
- •Slower heart rate, with low blood pressure and fainting
- •Difficulty urinating
- •Fainting
- •Nasal congestion
- •Decrease in red blood cells or sodium in the blood
- •Confusion
- •A serious nerve condition (neuroleptic malignant syndrome), with fever, sweating, muscle stiffness, and severe drowsiness
- •Yellowing of skin and eyes (jaundice), liver inflammation (hepatitis)
- •Prolonged and painful erection (priapism)
- •Breast swelling and milk production, menstrual disorders
- •Blood clots, especially in the legs (swelling, pain, redness)
- •Activities during sleep, such as sleepwalking, talking, or eating
- •Drop in body temperature (hypothermia)
- •Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
- •Metabolic syndrome (obesity, changes in cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar, high blood pressure)
- •Severe lack of white blood cells (agranulocytosis)
- •Bowel obstruction
- •Increased creatine phosphokinase in blood (a substance from muscles)
- •Severe rash, blisters, or red patches on the skin
- •Severe allergic reaction (anafylaxis) that can cause breathing difficulties or shock
- •Rapid swelling of the skin, usually around the eyes, lips, or throat (angioedema)
- •Severe blistering skin disease (Stevens-Johnson syndrome)
- •Abnormal secretion of hormone regulating urine volume
- •Muscle fiber breakdown and muscle pain (rhabdomyolysis)
- •Rash with irregular red patches (erythema multiforme)
- •Sudden red skin areas with small pus-filled blisters (acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, AGEP)
- •Severe, sudden allergic reaction with fever, blisters, and peeling skin (toxic epidermal necrolysis, TEN)
- •Flu-like symptoms, rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and abnormal blood values (DRESS)
- •Newborn withdrawal symptoms (tremors, muscle stiffness, drowsiness, restlessness, breathing or feeding difficulties) if the mother used the medicine during pregnancy
- •Stroke
- •Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy)
- •Heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis)
- •Blood vessel inflammation, often with a rash
Important Warnings
- Tell your doctor if you or your family have had heart problems, like an irregular heartbeat, or if you take medicines that affect your heart rate.
- Tell your doctor if you have low blood pressure or have had a stroke, especially if you are older.
- Tell your doctor if you have liver problems or have had seizures (epilepsy).
- Tell your doctor if you have diabetes or high blood sugar. Your doctor will check your blood sugar during treatment.
- Tell your doctor if you have had a low white blood cell count in the past.
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- If you are elderly and have memory problems (dementia), this medicine should not be taken as it may increase the risk of stroke or death.
- Tell your doctor if you have Parkinson's disease or have had blood clots.
- Tell your doctor if you have sleep apnea (short pauses in breathing during sleep) or if you take medicines that make you drowsy.
- Tell your doctor if you have trouble emptying your bladder, an enlarged prostate, a blocked bowel, or high pressure in your eye.
- Tell your doctor if you have a history of alcohol or drug abuse.
- Tell your doctor if you are taking antidepressants, as this medicine combined with them can cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome.
- Get immediate medical help if you develop a fever, severe muscle stiffness, heavy sweating, or become very drowsy/less aware.
- Get immediate medical help if you have uncontrolled movements, especially in your face or tongue.
- Get immediate medical help if you feel dizzy or very drowsy, as this can increase your risk of falling, especially for older people.
- Get immediate medical help if you have seizures or a long-lasting, painful erection.
- Get immediate medical help if you have a fast or irregular heartbeat, trouble breathing, chest pain, or unexplained tiredness. Your heart needs to be checked.
- Tell your doctor right away if you have a fever, flu symptoms, or a sore throat, as your white blood cell count might be very low.
- Tell your doctor right away if you have constipation and stomach pain that doesn't get better, as this could lead to a serious bowel blockage.
- Contact your doctor immediately if you have thoughts of harming yourself or if your depression gets worse.
- Stop using this medicine and seek immediate medical help if you get severe skin reactions like a rash, blisters, or peeling skin.