Posted by yxibow on March 11, 2008, at 0:36:44
In reply to Loxapine - is it cardiotoxic?, posted by france1000 on March 10, 2008, at 22:15:00
> Have been taking low dose of Loxapine since one week:
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> - Before beginning the treatement my heart rate was about 85-90 p./min
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> Now, with Loxapine my heart rate is about 65-70p./min
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> Is that a good or bad symptome ???
> Someone takes Loxapine too and in combination with wich medication??Sounds more like the Loxapine is helping with your condition, whatever it may be.
90bpm can be uncomfortable for some people
65-70bpm is a perfectly ideal pulse rate.Loxapine is metabolized partially into amoxapine, a tricyclic with antipsychotic properties.
Usually it actually can have a side effect of -increasing- heart rate.
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