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Between latuda and geodon what causes more akathisia? i got akathisia on most antipsychotics.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Probably Latuda: Akathisia rates are listed as 6% on 20mg of Latuda per day and 22% on 120mg of Latuda per day. Drugs.Com lists akathisia rates for Geodon to be 1 to 10%.

Answered 11/14/2017

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