Important details about Seroquel
Seroquel is a serious prescription medication that should be used as directed by your doctor. Do not take more amount of the drug than it was prescribed for you. An overdose of the drug can lead to death.
The drug must not be used to treat psychotic conditions related to dementia because it may cause heart failure, sudden death, or pneumonia in patients with dementia-related conditions.
When you use the drug for the first time, you should watch for certain health conditions. Stop using this medication and call your doctor at once if you experience the following symptoms:
- rigid muscles;
- high fever;
- sweating;
- confusion;
- fast or uneven heartbeats;
- tremors;
- uncontrolled muscle movements;
- blurred vision or eye pain;
- increased thirst and urination or excessive hunger;
- weakness, nausea and vomiting.
The drug may provoke thoughts about suicide when you first start taking it. This happens mostly to young people (younger than 24 years old). If case such thoughts appear, visit or call your doctor immediately. Remember that it is necessary for your doctor to check your condition regularly for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment.
Do not neglect any new or worsening symptoms, tell about them to your doctor. Report about:
- mood or behavior changes;
- panic attacks;
- if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically);
- if you are more depressed;
- if you have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
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