Posted by med_empowered on December 7, 2006, at 2:45:20
In reply to Anyone tried Geodon for SA?, posted by Malcolm64 on December 7, 2006, at 1:28:35
Geodon is one of the "atypical" antipsychotics. Its original purpose was long-term treatment of schizophrenia. It has become kind of popular for bipolar, but it can induce mania and cause cardiovascular problems, plus its sedating and can cause all kinds of antipsychotic-type problems (akathisia, neuroleptic malignancy syndrome, tardive dyskinesia). Plus, its really, really expen$ive.
I'm not on to second-guess docs but..unless you have some sort of psychosis driving your anxiety, you might want to try something (safe, cheaper, proven effective) *before* going for the Geodon. It may work, but then again so could xanax--and xanax is cheap and won't kill you or cause brain damage.
Good luck!
poster:med_empowered
thread:711083
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061206/msgs/711086.html