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Schizophrenia medicine side effects
My sister has been Suffering from schizophrenia from last 6 years with medicine continuation and discountination.But for past 5 months my sister has been taking ziprasidone40 mg ,olimelt 20 mg and dinace 5mg continuously,still she has mild symptoms of delusion and hallucinations and dr has advised us to start the clozapine but we are very confused and still not started the clozapine owing to its side effects and regular blood tests, and continued with the above said medicine only,but now she has developed shaking body symptoms occasionally for past 1 day.kindly guide what to do.should we stop taking medicine or gradually reduce the dose or should we start the clozapine.
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Dr. Deepak Kumar Rout
Psychiatrist
6 yrs exp
Cuttack
If she is shaking then it is EPS or something else. Then what the response she getting from this medications. All factors are there to decide.
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Dr. Rayees Ahmad Wani
Neuropsychiatrist
13 yrs exp
Srinagar
Hello,
If she is not responding to above medicine.
Clozapine is a good choice then.
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