Question 1

how is loxapine different from the other schizophremia drugs?

Accepted Answer

Typical or Atypical?: Loxapine is generally considered a typical antipsychotic indicated for the treatment of acute and chronic schizophrenia.  It was reported that this medication was more effective than other antipsychotics is treating the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.  Subsequent studies, such as cochrane database syst rev. 2007 oct 17;(4):cd001943 have shown that it is as effective but no better than others.

Question 2

i just noticed some hair loss on far head very little. could this be from medications? i am taking metoprolol succinate. been on it for   14 months.

Accepted Answer

Not likely : Angela, while any side effect can theoretically happen with any drug, hair loss is not a common side effect of metoprolol. One thing you may want to check is to make sure your thyroid levels are normal as that can impact both blood pressure and hair growth. I'd suggest a call to your primary care provider

Question 3

will chloromycetin (chloramphenicol sodium succinate) interact with other medications?

Accepted Answer

306 interactions: There are 306 drugs that are known to interact with chloromycetin (chloramphenicol sodium succinate).

Use this to check if any of the medications you're taking interact with chloromycetin (chloramphenicol sodium succinate):

http://www.Drugs.Com/drug-interactions/chloramphenicol, chloromycetin (chloramphenicol sodium succinate).Html.

Question 4

can switching medication, metropolol tartrate to succinate, cause dizziness and fatigue; if it does will it last for a couple of days?

Accepted Answer

It's dose dependent: The difference between the tartrate and succinate formulation is the half-life (how long the medicine is active in your blood stream). Milligram for milligram, they're equivalent: e.g. 50 mg of met tart 2x a day is the same as 100 mg of met succ once a day. If your overall dose is increased, you could experience fatigue and dizziness till you get used to the new dose. Be sure your BP isn't too low.

Question 5

will i be able to take the pfizer vaccine while taking these two medications: solifenacin succinate and mirabegron prolonged release tablets?

Accepted Answer

: None of the mentioned meds constitute absolute contraindications to the COVID vaccine. Check also with your prescribing doc.

Question 6

may have acxidentally  forgot to take medication for high blood pressure. it's metoprolol succinate. office said it would be ok once. is this true?

Accepted Answer

Yes it is true: Missing one dose is okay.  You can use a pill reminder (pill box with day of week printed on it- see photo) so you are less likely to miss a dose.

Question 7

i'm still working on tapering off metoprolol succinate 25mg. currently on 12.5 mg once a day. can i cut down the 12.5 by like a tiny bit like 1/16th every couple of weeks to avoid the side effects? it won't cause the drug to release faster?

Accepted Answer

: You can stop this medication at this dose without significant rebound effect or you can take every other day then every third day then stop if you are too concerned.

Question 8

my father is72yr hypertensive on metoprolol succinate 50 mg his body now is 150/80 his s.creatinine 1.58what other drug can i give him to control bp.

Accepted Answer

Bp control: You could give him 100 mg of metoprolol succinate daily.

Question 9

could doxylamine succinate (equate sleep aid) create a false positive on a hair drug screen?

Accepted Answer

No: there are virtually no false positives in hair testing, since it is done with GC/MS or other comparable sophisticated confirmatory tests.  Doxylamine can cause false positives tests for Methadone and PCP on screening tests, but NOT on the confirmatory tests.

Question 10

has anybody been on loxapine? what for?

Accepted Answer

Conventional antipsy: Loxapine is a conventional antipsychotic used to treat sx of  schizophrenia. Please ask your prescribing physician  or a pharmacist as to reason why it was prescribed.

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Loxapine succinate medication

A member asked:

How is loxapine different from the other schizophremia drugs?

A member asked:

I just noticed some hair loss on far head very little. could this be from medications? i am taking metoprolol succinate. been on it for 14 months.

A member asked:

Will chloromycetin (chloramphenicol sodium succinate) interact with other medications?

A member asked:

Can switching medication, metropolol tartrate to succinate, cause dizziness and fatigue; if it does will it last for a couple of days?

A member asked:

Will i be able to take the pfizer vaccine while taking these two medications: solifenacin succinate and mirabegron prolonged release tablets?

A member asked:

May have acxidentally forgot to take medication for high blood pressure. it's metoprolol succinate. office said it would be ok once. is this true?

A member asked:

I'm still working on tapering off metoprolol succinate 25mg. currently on 12.5 mg once a day. can i cut down the 12.5 by like a tiny bit like 1/16th every couple of weeks to avoid the side effects? it won't cause the drug to release faster?

A member asked:

My father is72yr hypertensive on metoprolol succinate 50 mg his body now is 150/80 his s.creatinine 1.58what other drug can i give him to control bp.

A member asked:

Could doxylamine succinate (equate sleep aid) create a false positive on a hair drug screen?

A member asked:

Has anybody been on loxapine? what for?

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