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Astra Zeneca’s popular schizophrenia drug Seroquel has been linked with a high incidence of diabetes, hyperglycemia and other blood sugar disorders. Seroquel is in the class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics, which are a newer class of antipsychotics touted as having a lower incidence of blood sugar disorders than the older medications such as Haldol and Thorazine. Seroquel was approved by the FDA in 1997.Data from a study that was reported at a conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology in Philadelphia August 23 and 24, 2003 showed that patients on Seroquel had 3.34 times as many cases of diabetes as those on older antipsychotic drugs. The study of 19,878 U.S. military veterans between October 1998 and October 2001 indicated that Seroquel and other members of the new class of anti-psychotic drugs posed a higher risk of diabetes. The effect was most pronounced with Seroquel.
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#1 2004-04-02 06:43:22
- aa007
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lexapro
Hi, I would like to inquire if anyone else has a child on lexapro. I have a sixteen year old foster daughter on lexapro. I am a nurse and because I know a lot about these drugs already, I am afraid of the side effects of this drug and others which are used by psyhchiatrists to just mask the problems these children have. I feel that there are other ways to help these children.
Lexapro has been conindicated for use in children, especially teens, so why would a doctor give this? There are too many people, like lazy parents, teachers and the system who just want to sedate our children. The child will not ever be emotionally healthly if the problems they have are not dealt with, and I feel that medications just cover up the problems and do not allow them to be solved.
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#2 2004-06-02 20:23:14
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Re: lexapro
I so agree with you. I recently went through a very difficult divorce,lost my job, had no source of money to take care of my children all at the same time. (Major stressor in anyones life) I had to go through daunting and stressful steps to get any type of public assistance. They recommended that I see a counselor to help me...well that was a nightmare all in itself.( I had to use the county's mental health clinic as I had no insurance) They put me on Seroquel and Lexapro. The doctor told me the seroquel would help me sleep at night...and it did not have the effects that typical sleeping pills do. I thought seroquel was a sleeping pill!!!! I kept telling him that the dosage was wiping me out...I was groggy all day and just wanted to sleep. He kept on insisting that it couldn't be right as he had given me the lowest possible dosage. Hello...I wasn't dreaming all this up. I realize now all they wanted to was to keep me drugged up and a zombie...no one wanted to really hear about my problems...all I needed was someone to listen to me!!!!! Instead I got inflicted with drugs.javascript:emoticon('
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#3 2006-04-24 13:19:33
- WYmom
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Re: lexapro
I have a 13 year old son that has been on all sorts of medications,Zyprexa, Abilify, and Lexapro to name a few. He is currently on Focalin, Effexor, and Seroquel. All these meds make me nervous, but his psychiatrist doesn't seem to be worried. I realize that I'm not a doctor, but am I really over-reacting? The doctor makes me feel like I am. Any suggestions?
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