Posted by yxibow on February 18, 2006, at 16:40:30
In reply to Re: akathisia? » yxibow, posted by SLS on February 18, 2006, at 7:08:10
> > Oh I can tell you every atypical except for Zyprexa and Seroquel gave me akathisia day 1 in trial. And I know first hand what excruciating akathisia is. Don't go into a hospital if you're vomiting and have a high fever because chances are they'll use a cheap drug like Compazine, put you in a room and forget about you and only after you are ready to punch a hole in the plaster will they come back with Benadryl, which will wear off on the taxi ride home.
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> Do you think it was the anticholinergic properties of Benadryl that helped? Which drugs do you feel are the best to treat akathisia?
>Most definately, it was IV Benadryl and it cut it instantly -- that is until about half an hour or more when I finally signed out and could barely tell the cab driver where to go because the Compazine half life was still sitting right there. Fortunately I got some Klonopin from a doctor I was seeing because it was still there hours later. I am very sensitive to akathisia. Of course they gave me Compazine suppositories to stick up my *** which I promptly disposed of, at home -- what were they thinking ??
Personally I prefer Akineton (biperiden) and Artane (trihexiphenidyl) for akathisia as far as anticholinergics -- they're more activating and not nearly as atropine toxic with dosage as Cogentin. Otherwise, I would say some low dose of clonazepam could be used, or propranolol (maybe the others, pindolol or nadolol although I dont know if they're extensively used).
-- Jay
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