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| Geodon Description:
Geodon is an antipsychotic medicine. Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs, or unusual suspiciousness.
Geodon is used to treat mixed or manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings. |
Product Notes:
Who Should Not Take Geodon?
Geodon can increase your chance of an abnormal heart rhythm (the way your heart beats) if you have certain heart conditions or take certain medicines. Therefore do not take Geodon if you have the following heart conditions:
long QT syndrome (a specific heart rhythm problem)
a recent heart attack
severe heart failure
certain irregularities of heart rhythm (discuss the specifics with your doctor)
What Should I Tell My Healthcare Professional?
Before you start taking Geodon, tell your healthcare professional if you:
have or had heart problems
have or had seizures
have or had diabetes or increased blood sugar
are trying to become pregnant, are already pregnant, or are breast-feeding.
have or had liver problems
drink alcohol
Are There Any Interactions With Drugs or Foods?
Because certain other medications can interact with Geodon review all medications that you are taking with your healthcare professional, including those that you take without a prescription.
Your healthcare professional may have to adjust your dose or watch you more closely if you take the following:
dofetilide
sotalol
quinidine
certain medicines to control the way your heart beats
mesoridazine
thioridazine
chlorpromazine
droperidol
pimozide
sparfloxacin
gatifloxacin
moxifloxacin
halofantrine
mefloquine
pentamadine
levomethadyl acetate
dolasetron mesylate
probucol
certain medicines to treat high blood pressure
tacrolimus Side Effects:
Geodon may cause dangerous problems with your heart rhythm (the way your heart beats). Call your healthcare professional right away if you:
faint or lose consciousness
feel a change in the way your heart normally beats (palpitations)
Geodon and other antipsychotic medications can cause serious problems such as:
A life-threatening nervous system problem called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). NMS can cause a high fever, stiff muscles, sweating, a fast or irregular heart beat, change in blood pressure, and confusion. NMS can affect your kidneys. NMS is a medical emergency. Call your healthcare professional right away if you experience these symptoms.
A movement problem called tardive dyskinesia (TD). Call your healthcare professional right away if you get muscle movements that cannot be stopped.
High blood sugar and diabetes. Patients with diabetes or who have a higher chance for diabetes should have their blood sugar checked often.
Other serious side effects with Geodon may include low blood pressure seen as dizziness, increased heart beat and possibly fainting, seizures, persistent erection), increase or decrease in body temperature, and difficulty swallowing.
The most common side effects include feeling unusually tired or sleepy, nausea or upset stomach, constipation, dizziness, restlessness, diarrhea, rash, increased cough / runny nose. Manufacturer link or canadian Pharmacy drug sources: na
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