Posted by SLS on January 28, 2012, at 5:59:36
In reply to Quitting - now what?!, posted by Sheilac on January 27, 2012, at 15:02:41
> Can't live on Klonopin alone.
This fact is unfortunate, and may require you to make compromises and sacrifices.
Lamictal is not very good at treating mania by itself. However, it works well with lithium to stabilize ultra rapid cycling.
I would consider valproate or Latuda (lurasidone).
Latuda is an antipsychotic related to Geodon that does not exert negative effects on heart rhythm.
- Scott
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http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=32476"ECG Changes
Electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements were taken at various time points during the LATUDA clinical trial program. No post-baseline QT prolongations exceeding 500 msec were reported in patients treated with LATUDA. Within a subset of patients defined as having an increased cardiac risk, no potentially important changes in ECG parameters were observed. No cases of torsade de pointes or other severe cardiac arrhythmias were observed in the pre-marketing clinical program.
The effects of LATUDA on the QT/QTc interval were evaluated in a dedicated QT study involving 87 clinically stable patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, who were treated with LATUDA doses of 120 mg daily, 600 mg daily, or ziprasidone 160 mg daily. Holter monitor-derived electrocardiographic assessments were obtained over an eight hour period at baseline and steady state. No patients treated with LATUDA experienced QTc increases > 60 msec from baseline, nor did any patient experience a QTc of > 500 msec. "
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