Posted by Solstice on October 13, 2011, at 8:20:39
In reply to Re: Antidepressant to Geodon..., posted by SLS on October 13, 2011, at 7:57:54
My teenage daughter who has taken Geodon for two years now actually has a prolonged QT interval, caught two years ago when her doctor ordered an EKG due to her fast heart rate. After two holter-monitors, they also found she also has 700 premature ventricular beats every hour. Autonomic dysfunction is the Dx. Anyway, since being on Geodon, along with taking prescribed salt tablets every day, her heart beat has stabilized and although her QT interval has stayed on the borderline, the Geodon certainly has not caused her any trouble or exacerbated it.
Solstice
> > Thanks, Zyprexa! I have read all the literature that comes with Geodon and it all warns of the heart issues.
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> If I recall, I think the risk attributed to Geodon for lengthening the QT-interval is more theoretical than clinical. As noted, this effect has rarely, if ever, been seen in real life.
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> - Scott
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