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Posted by ed_uk on October 24, 2006, at 16:53:04
According to Reuters Health News, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved quetiapine (Seroquel) for the treatment of bipolar depression.
The drug is already licensed in the UK and USA for the treatment of acute manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder.
Ed
Posted by Phillipa on October 24, 2006, at 18:43:39
In reply to FDA approves Seroquel for bipolar depression, posted by ed_uk on October 24, 2006, at 16:53:04
How come they use it so much for anxiety and insomnia? Is this off label use? Love PJ O
Posted by ed_uk on October 25, 2006, at 13:01:35
In reply to Re: FDA approves Seroquel for bipolar depression » ed_uk, posted by Phillipa on October 24, 2006, at 18:43:39
Hi PJ
>How come they use it so much for anxiety and insomnia? Is this off label use?
Yes, it's off-label. Although Seroquel can be effective for anxiety and insomnia, and can be effective when other treatment have not worked, part of its popularity seems to have resulted from a reluctance to prescribe benzos and hypnotics.
Ed xx
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