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A member asked:
I started having bad dreams after i used saphris (asenapine) once. does it ever get better? i don't want to have vivid weird bad dreams. am also on geodon 80 mg
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Very similar: The 2 drugs you are on have near identical mechanism of action. I am not sure that I would prescribe both drugs at the same time to one patient. Bad dreams can be a side effect of either one and the dreams in themselves are not dangerous. However, since this is unusual for you I would discuss with the prescribing doctor about getting off one. Fear serotonin syndrome in future.
Answered 11/27/2017
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