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I take 200mg seroquel i gained over 100 pounds i used to weigh 164 now 241 i only take seroquel for sleep geodon (ziprasidone) stopped working what are other meds?

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Dr. Linda Callaghan answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Lots: There are so many other similar medications that do not have the weight gain like seroquel such as : abilify, saphris, (asenapine) Latuda and Fanapt for second generation antipsychotic and the older antipsychotics include haldol, thioxanthines and prolixin.

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Answered 10/19/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Antipsychotics: Paliperidone (Invega), Iloperidone (Fanapt), Asenapine (Saphris), Lurasidone (Latuda). Aripiprazole (Abilify), FazaClo clozapine (FazaClo), Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Risperidone (Risperdal), Brexpiprazole (Rexulti), Cariprazine (Vraylar) & Pimavanserin (Nuplazid) are some.

Dr Anyanwu and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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A member asked:

I take 200mg seroquel i gained over 100 pounds i used to weigh 164 now 241 i only take seroquel for sleep geodon (ziprasidone) stopped working what are other meds?

5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Linda Callaghan answered

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Anyanwu and another doctor agreed

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