Posted by J Kelly on April 24, 2016, at 12:08:06
In reply to Re: Rexulti vs. Zyprexa: Metabolic disturbances, posted by Christ_empowered on April 24, 2016, at 11:40:08
> just going by wiki...akathisia is one of the top complaints, but it seems fairly clean w/ metabolic stuff.
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> Akathisia can be managed w/ benzos, gabapentin, massive b6 doses (according to some old research, anyway). I think remeron has been used for acute akathisia, too.
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> The only problem with suppressing/treating acute akathisia is that you could, I would think, get tardive akathisia, which is...dreadful, from what I've read.
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> But, yeah...akathisia is a problem, but the metabolic effects are not an issue.Just to be clear, your post is referring to Rexulti?
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