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Is geodon (ziprasidone) weight neutral?

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Yes: Geodon (ziprasidone) does not generally cause any weight gain

Answered 6/25/2014

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Dr. Manan Shah answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Likely: Geodon or ziprasidone tends to be the most weight neutral of all atypical antipsychotics, but the effect may vary from person to person, esp children tend to gain more weight than adults on atypicals.

Dr Jacobson and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/1/2017

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Gaining weight on antipsychotics been on a lot taking 2.5mg zyprexa for mood/sleep lost lbs on geodon (ziprasidone) but what can be used with it for sleep?

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