CLOZARIL Reviews (CLOZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.8 (59 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLOZARIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLOZARIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Delusions caused by heavy marijuana | Anxiety, depression, weight gain | Be very careful taking this drug. I was put on it to treat delusional thinking caused by heavy marijuana use. The marijuana caused severe anxiety, depression, and delusions. The clozapine caused just as much anxiety and depression. The delusions were gone, but that was probably because I stopped the marijuana. And the worst part is I was stuck on it because the withdrawal was so terrible. I was at 300 mg, and if I decreased to 250 mg, after a few days I would feel unbearable anxiety and had to restart. I kept trying to decrease slower, until finally I tried extremely slow tapering and was able to get off of it. It took three years of decreasing. I started at 300 mg, and I lowered it by an average of 8 mg per month. It took about a decade of my life away and had me laying in bed almost all that time. | M | 32 | 8 years 150 mg 2X day | 6/20/2023 | 1 | Side effects of malaria prophylactic | Turned into a complete zombie, rapid weight gain, speech problems, sense of being chemically lobotomised, blurred vision, difficulties in walking, zero libido, from excellent blood works to very bad blood works within weeks. I eventually faked the intake and took it only the day of blood sample. That probably saved me. Psychiatrist does not know what they administer, or worse, they know. | Ban this drug now. This poison must come under legal scrutiny. Victims are often given this poison forcibly. | 42 | 2 months 400 1X day | 4/29/2021 | 1 | Mental Illness | Brain Zombie. Drooling. Bed wetting. Collapsing. | Clozaril=Chemical lobotomy. Ban this drug. | 41 | 4 years 900mg 1X day | 9/29/2017 | 1 | Hearing voices | It was horrible, it droves me crazy. In and out of institute 30 times. I got tardive dyskinesia. I was misdiagnoses badly. Psychiatrist love gives medications to people with out observation correctly. I had drooling, sleeping too much, diabetes, swelling ankle, couldn't walk, causes heart problem, high blood pressure, very obesity, zombie, paranoia, anxiety, high white cell count and in so much pains. I end up 38 pills a day. I got off all medications and I am back to normal except I got Tardive Dyskinesia. I am fight with that disease which had no cure. I am not on any medications now. I am suffering daily. | I end up 38 pills a day. It had way too many side effect. I wouldn't recommend to offer that kinds of medications ever again to anyone especially to women. | F | 49 | 14 years 450 1X day | 3/31/2017 | 1 | schizophrenia | People say this is the best antipsychotic. I've been on it 3 times at different doses and it did nothing for me. The drooling at night was horrible. I definitely have treatment reaistant schizophrenia which clozaril is used for but nope was the same as the other drugs that didn't work. Disappointed... | M | 30 | 3 times 900 | 5/7/2016 | 1 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Sedation, Weight Gain, Apathy, Paranoia | I took this medicine for 6 years. During this time, I felt absolutely dead to the world, and miserable. I gained 30 pounds and got scar tissue from the blood draws. I was forced to stay on this medication for far too long, and I cannot think of one positive thing to say about it. I have been off of it for about a year now, and I feel infinitely better. The withdrawal is absolutely terrible (severe headache, -extreme- insomnia, nausea, ect.) but it is definitely worth going through to stop taking the medicine! | F | 13 | 6 years 300MG 2X day | 1/14/2016 | 1 | paranoia | drooling, knocked me the F out | Doctors swear this is the best antipsychotic. It's a big ball of crap. My paranoia and hallucinations were worse. And the drooling was like I waked up with my bed sheets in urine. | M | 25 | 2 years 600mg | 3/15/2015 | 1 | psychosis due to family tragedy | I turned into an ignorant drooling zombie but did everything in my power to defend the drug no matter what anyone said to me. | Don't take this drug. It destroyed my relationship with my partner. It was only after finally getting off this that I woke up and realized what I had been like. | F | 39 | 3 years 20 | 12/22/2014 | 1 | Phsychzophrenia | Major weight gain | Don't go on it especially if you don't want major weight problems something else like abilify which is also a second generation a typical medicine can be suggested instead and will work just as well | F | 30 | 2 years 275 1X day | 10/8/2014 | 1 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | M | 47 | 250 MG 1X day | 9/25/2014 Patient History | 1 | Schizophrenia.....& Psychosis..... | It is killing me slowly! I don't even know who I am anymore! I'm so unhappy but a fake smile always fools my doctors and other family members...I've lost all my friends! I shut myself out from the rest of the world. I will end my life soon... death is better than suffering like this for the rest of my life I just hate what this meds have done too me! Even thou I'm now only on 250mg reduced from the high amounts I was taking when I 1st started it. Much love to others whom suffer or feel like the way I do. Keep strong God knows what we are going threw never let others bring you down in life even if its family members...that's happened in my case... | M | 24 | 2 years 250mg | 5/26/2014 | 1 | They HATE you! | DEATH. NEVER voluntarily start taking this drug. Seroquel is better one. Lots of side-effects. | M | 34 | 1 days | 3/18/2014 | 1 | psychoses | Doctors are in ' love ' with clozaril at the moment coz it has been known since the 1950's. So ofcourse it is the most "studied" antipsychotic. I know someone on clozaril who drools during the day time and docs couldnt care less. But hey, what can they do about it? You have to be admitted in a psych ward to start on this. If you dont like clozaril youre in shit coz docs rarely take someone off it. Meant to be a miracle drug. Keep in mind EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. Pretty arrogant claiming this will wipe out psychoses. Was a sugar pill for me. | M | 31 | 9 months 400 | 5/21/2013 | 1 | Bipolar 1 - Schizoaffective | Drooling, sleeping for 24+ hours straight. | My daughter taxes Clorzaril and we were very hopeful but no difference in her life than any other drug she tried. Zyprexa, lithium, lamictal, haldol, seroquel etc. She is busy focusing on the voices in her head and doesn't talk much but this has been the ONLY drug she has asked and demanded to stop taking. She hates it but can't tell me why. It does make her sleep alot however and crave sweets. Doc cut her back to 400 mg and added 80 mg of Latuda and also kept her on seroquel in combination. | F | 24 | 5 months 650 1X day | 4/28/2013 | 1 | Schizophrenia | I took this drug because i had no choice. I was in a high secure hospital and quickly realised i had to jump through ihoops if i wanted to get out of there. I had to tell them what they wanted to hear and take the meds. All i wanted was to be my spiritual self. Theres no such thing as mental illness its a state of mind, albeit one that can be difficult, i did not want my soul destroyed by digital machines and chemicals and bullshit psychology. I hope we make spiritual progress for the sake of our future generations. They should not have to be tortured for having a spirit. This drug clozaril will destroy a part of you. It will damage your physical self just as much as your spiritual. Its like being connected to a machine. You feel good at first, silence and peace. But once you come off it, you realise how they are stopping you from being your true self. I realise i was a zombie for 5 years. These people do not want you to think for yourself. What is more dangerous. Being dead inside. I | Dont take it. Its the exact chemical opposite of ecstasy. After i have been off this drug for a while i start to get my natural thoughts back. But I cant sleep without it | M | 30 | 6 years 400 1X day | 4/6/2013 | 1 | Paranoia | Clozaril was taken off the market in the 1960's as a result of deaths from Agranulocytosis. Now patients are tested for this. Plus have to have an ECG at least every 6 months. | M | 19 | 10 months 300 | 12/20/2012 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Drooling, drooling This is more sedating than seroquel. Clozaril is the most sedating antipsychotic. Clozaril has the more weight gain than zyprexa. | Like the comments before: UR bed when u wake up in the morning will be full of saliva. Yuck! The only way to stop salivating is to tell ur doc to take u off it. I can't get off this stuff keep relapsing and guess what? Doctors put me straight back on it again. My life is a misery and zyprexa actually worked better for me. | M | 2 years 600 1X day | 11/8/2012 | 1 | Light schizophrenia | My son took it for 6 years and his worse of now-totally a vegatable.dont take this drug,its DANGEROUS! | M | 19 | 1 days 400mg | 4/3/2012 | 1 | sluggish schizophrenia | THIS IS DEADLY KILLER DRUG. THIS IS SIMPLY USED TO KILL IN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. IT JUST KILLS YOU. PERIOD. Outside (prison) hospitals this drug is almost never used because it is simply a KILLER drug. It is 100% unethical to use this drug. YOU DIE. | M | 30 | 1 days 1X day | 10/10/2011 | 1 | depression/bipolar II | Extremely sedating--I slept 12-14 hours out of every 24. Increased appetite. I lost my personality and became like a zombie. | I did not realize what clozaril was doing to me until I stopped taking it and the sedation wore off. Then I could see that the two years I spent on clozaril were two years that I spent as a zombie laying on the couch. I wish I had not taken this drug. | F | 41 | 2 years 200mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 |
CLOZARIL (CLOZAPINE): See also Warning section. This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders). Clozapine is a psychiatric medication (anti-psychotic type) that works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. Clozapine decreases hallucinations and helps prevent suicide in people who are likely to try to harm themselves. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take part in everyday life. FDA Approval Date: 2019-05-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)