Posted by Ritch on June 10, 2003, at 22:58:37
In reply to Re: RITCH: what DOSE(S) of Seroquel lower thyroid?, posted by jerrympls on June 10, 2003, at 20:04:37
> I saw my endocrinologist today and he said that Seroquel can "really have powerful effect" upon thyroid levels and even suggessted that I talk to my other doc about finding something else instead of Seroquel.
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>Somehow that doesn't surprise me very much. It seems like any NEWER medication has all of the negatives carefully "spun down" and buried, and you only see the true picture after a few years of clinical experience, and THEN the adverse reactions get tallied up. I'm glad you brought up your endo's clinical experience. I was on Risperdal for awhile a few years ago, and I got EPS, then I switched from Risperdal to Seroquel. Don't know if it is coincidence or not, but I stopped the Seroquel (I was getting panic attacks-being off benzos and SSRIs for a few weeks), and within a couple of weeks my GP had found a thyroid tumor. It was just a slight enlargement, but it grew really fast. That is spooky that your endo said that.
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