Posted by med_empowered on June 22, 2007, at 10:45:36
In reply to Re: Any thoughts on Geodon, vs Abilify or Trilepta » Babyboomer, posted by tgo on June 20, 2007, at 12:55:34
personally I'd go for trileptal: weight neutral with no potential to cause tardive dyskinesia. Geodon has caused tardive dyskinesia in some patients, as has Abilify; I haven't found any data that would indicate the annual risk for either drugs, but I did find an article online putting Seroquel's annual TD risk (another atypical) at around 2-3%/year. Patients with mood issues are considered to be more "at risk" for TD than patients with "pure" schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.
Trileptal is pretty tolerable; personally, I like 600-900...1200mgs/day was a bit much, although apparently some people go up to the 2000+mgs/day range. You may want to have your blood sodium levels checked now and then, since trileptal can lower them.
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