What happens if you take too many quetiapine pills?

What happens if you take too many quetiapine pills?

The main clinical findings in quetiapine overdose—resulting from α-adrenergic and histamine receptor blockade—are hypotension, tachycardia, and somnolence. Potentially life-threatening consequences from overdose include QT prolongation and respiratory depression.

Does quetiapine make you weird?

Taking quetiapine may make you feel tired or dizzy, and may affect your eyesight when you start taking it. This could affect you if you drive a car, ride a bike, or do anything else that needs a lot of focus. It might be best to stop doing these things for the first few days, until you know how it affects you.

Is quetiapine an addictive drug?

Quetiapine is an atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent and has been a subject of a series of case report and suggested to have the potential for misuse or abuse. However, it is not a controlled substance and is not generally considered addictive.

Can Seroquel make you hallucinate?

A number of psychiatric medications such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), and haloperidol (Haldol) have all been associated with causing hallucinations, in addition to zolpidem (Ambien), eszopiclone (Lunesta), clonazepam (Klonopin), lorazepam (Ativan), ropinirole (Requip), and some seizure medications.

Does Seroquel give you euphoria?

Seroquel and other atypical antipsychotics have not historically been thought of as drugs of abuse as they are not strongly associated with euphoria or other reinforcing or desirable drug effects such as alertness.

Can you get sleeping pills in jail?

Patients who are asking for a sleeping pill in a jail are usually not requesting something to use once in a while, but rather something to take each and every night. They are not going to be happy with a short-term prescription. So know this: saying yes to a request to a sleeping pill is a long term commitment.

Is quetiapine fumarate a narcotic?

Although Seroquel (quetiapine) is not a controlled substance, it does have a potential for misuse or abuse. It has the highest potential for abuse when it’s taken without a prescription or taken in a way other than that suggested by a health professional.

Do people get high on antipsychotics?

Drugs that are addictive produce a feeling of euphoria, a strong desire to continue using the drug, and a need to increase the amount used to achieve the same effect. Antipsychotics do not have these effects.