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 |
| 5 | Schizoaffective disorder bipolar ty | Drooling that needs a towel on the pillow. Need to take early in the evening and then go to bed to get 6-9 hours of sleep. Best to take 200 mg at night and 25 mg in the morning. | A real life saver and do increases in dosage slowly to control side effects | M | 68 | 2 years 225 mg 1X day | 11/6/2021 | 4 | schizoaffective/bipolar disorder | The worse one is tiredness;drooling;bed wetting. | It takes about 3/4 hours to "come too" in the morning. | M | 66 | 250mg 1X day | 8/24/2015 | 3 | Cause I am afraid of suicide | It is hard to go stool but only saver to refrain from committing suiside. Good sleep with 0.5 mg rivotril. | M | 66 | 1 days 100. Mg | 10/18/2016 | 4 | Schizo affective disorder | Slow metabolism, excessive drooling, dizziness | I'm happy that the med has kept me free of Psychosis for almost 9 years..but not happy that despite all of my efforts, I've not been able to lose any weight in the past year. Am 34 pounds overweight.. | F | 61 | 8 years 200mg 1X day | 6/2/2023 | 5 | Schizoaffective disorder | Drooling at night. | After 25 years of taking every medication you can think of without any positive results, I’m finally feeling better. My racing, intrusive thoughts are now under control. | F | 55 | 4 months 150mg day | 11/6/2019 | 3 | Schizoaffective Disorder - Bipolar | Nighttime drooling, carb cravings, sedation | I had to switch to Clozaril after developing Tardive Dyskinesia on another anti-psychotic. I find my mood to be much better on it, and I have no hallucinations. I take the bulk of it at night, and I am really tired after an hour for about 3 hours, and then I am fine. Sometimes I fight going to bed, and have experienced hallucinations a few times when I did. | F | 54 | 9 months 150mg 2X day | 8/31/2013 | 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 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | M | 47 | 250 MG 1X day | 9/25/2014 Patient History | 5 | Schizophrenia | Very tired after about an hour after I take it. I get real hungry after about 20 minutes. Problems with dizziness. I need more sleep than before. But it has been the best drug I have had. | Scared of what will happen if the blood work says I can't take it anymore, because this has been the only drug that has worked for my. I have been told I am a difficult case. And with this drug I haven't been hospitalized a little over two years. | F | 45 | 4 years 400mg | 1/27/2017 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Very tired after about an hour after I take it. I get real hungry after about 20 minutes. Problems with dizziness. I need more sleep than before. But it has been the best drug I have had. | Scared of what will happen if the blood work says I can't take it anymore, because this has been the only drug that has worked for my. I have been told I am a difficult case. And with this drug I haven't been hospitalized a little over two years. | F | 45 | 4 years 400mg | 1/27/2017 | 5 | schizophrenia | The First year or so, alot of drooling, very tired. Major weigt gain. Id rather be ovedrweight than psychotic. | great efffects though from the voices. Been on it since 1992. Been on them all. This is the best. No more voices. | M | 44 | 16 years | 12/17/2008 | 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 | 2 | Schizophrenia | Clumsiness, lack of energy, tired and sleep too long. Seriouse memory loss, increased appetite, especially about an hour after taking it. After taking dose I can't leave home because I'm so extremely doped up. Siriosis, druling. (especially during night) | Before taking this medication, I would have considered myself to be your average Joe. Not only do I have a mental illness but I also feel mentally challenged. I'll just say that, taking this drug is NOT helping me find any kind of job because of its side affects and it's literally making me ill. | F | 41 | 1 years 1X day | 2/26/2015 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Bipolar 1 | Drooling (worse in first few years), weight gain, craving for sweets especially after a dose at night, sedation that lasts way into the next day, too much time on the couch watching bad TV. | Great drug for treating my terrible depression (suicidal thoughts) and for somewhat stabilising my rapid cycling. Hasn't fixed everything but I wouldn't like to think where I would be without it. At a time when I had run out of options it was a wonder drug for me. | F | 40 | 6 years 250mg 1X day | 9/19/2013 | 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 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Drooling, Sedation, Seizures | I have to take a seizure medication with Clozaril because my seizure threshold is low. Actually, if I take any antipsychotic I have to take an anticonvulsant, so it's not just Clozaril, it's just that I have to take a higher dose on Clozaril. Ah, for the drooling, you can take (sublingually) the eye drops that they give you at the eye doctor to dilate your pupils. It stops the drooling. I take a couple drops under each side of my tongue before bed and I don't drool at night...nice. My doctor taught me that one. When I went to fill my prescription for the eye drops, I had to explain it to the pharmacist...lol. I don't get too much sedation, I mostly sleep it off, as I take the med at night. I've tried all the meds and this is the best one. It even helps the negative symptoms, which are mostly what remained for me with the other meds. I had a lot of problem with "connecting" to people, which affected my ability to form relationships with people and my interactions with people. Clozaril helps a lot with that so I can relate to other people and "connect." It is hard to explain, but it definitely helps me feel human. For me this has been a great medication. | F | 37 | 6 years | 11/8/2009 | 2 | Schizophrenia | Intense sleepiness till mid-day, after a few years this side-effect went. Drooling on my pillow at night. became obese on this drug. My muscles are ineffective on clozapine. Expect my gait to be different to others. have become pre-diabetic because of clozapine. | I don't want to be on this drug but have difficulty getting off this. Would like to say to anyone who is obese or fat on any drug, particularly this one, to ask their doctor to take a diabetes test. | M | 37 | 13 years 125mgs 1X day | 6/17/2014 | 4 | Bipolar disorder/insomnia | drooling, extreme tiredness that lasts well into the day | I am always leery about a drug that requires weekly, then monthly blood tests, but I will say that it is the only thing that has been able to put me to sleep for more than 2 hours. I have tried at least 30 different meds and none of them worked as well as clozapine. I've been taking it for almost 2 years now. | F | 36 | 100 MG 1X day | 5/3/2013 |
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)