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 | 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 | 4 | schizophrenia | Tachychardy pulse around 100 diastolic pressure about 90 a little constipation | Just to make a suggestion, try the blood test on your hand, i find it appears less than on the elbow | M | 35 | 6 years 300 1X day | 12/13/2022 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Genitals shrinking, spaced out, hard to think, drooling and sweating when sleeping, apathy, craving drugs to feel good, unsociable, weight gain, vivid dreams | I hate this med, but im forced to take against my will. I have monthly blood tests and physical reviews by the doctor. | M | 22 | 6 months 350mg n | 3/27/2017 | 3 | Drug induced psychosis | Bed wetting 3x. Drowsiness. Weight gain - up to 110kg now 64kg. Anxiety. Depression. Embarrassment. | I was a drug addict from a very young teenager and constantly in trouble. I completed year 9 barely and attempted suicide at 15 with a dose of paracetamol at just about 63000mg. I was very infatuated with drugs, alcohol and my family life was unstable. I was molested as a child by my father 1 time I remember and again by him at 14. I was also raped in a caravan park at that age by a 37 year old man while looking for drugs and alcohol. This shaped me for the next few years into somebody I wouldn't recognise or want to today. I was introduced onto cloz* at 19 and I was and still am compliant. I have done a short tertiary course at university for 8 months, am part time employed as a support worker with a traineeship and hope to do a bachelor of nursing with hopes to work in an emergency department. However I am not getting support because of my achievements and how normal** I appear to be. I have moved forward with my life and grown into a mature responsible adult but I am suffering from anxiety attacks and moderate depression because I guess my past bothers me. I am embarrassed by it. I would like to try another medication. I do not want to be a mental health outpatient for the rest of my life because I haven't had my life yet. I am very driven and I am not where I want to be yet however I am slowly working towards being something I am proud of. I am getting frustrated because I pick up my prescription after a 3 minute chat to the lovely employees at mental health but I am not | F | 24 | 4 years 100MG | 3/12/2017 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Extreme drowsiness 1 hour after taking 300mg at bedtime. Very hard to get out of bed with only 6-8 hours of sleep due to the clozapine still in my system. If I have up to 10-12 hours, I wake up okay and feel normal. | Do not take huge dosage during the day. You may become very drowsy or even faint. Overall, I noticed a positive change in my behavior, thinking, and outlook on life. I feel stable. | M | 27 | 3 years 300 MG 1X day | 1/5/2017 | 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 | 3 | phycosis | Tired weight gain memory problems | Don't like it | M | 29 | 1 months 300 mg | 8/31/2016 | 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 | 4 | Bipolar 1 | Drooling droziness hard to wake up in morning. | It's the only medication that stopped the psychosis and helped the voices. Not totally but helped a lot. I'm now able to work and go to school. I'm able to concentrate its was a mirical drug for me. | M | 21 | 2 years 375 | 2/6/2016 | 5 | schizoaffective disorder | Puts me to sleep at night. Drooling while sleeping. Very hungry at night. | Only medicine that helps me fall asleep. | M | 35 | 6 years 200 MG | 1/25/2016 | 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 | 5 | Schizophrenia psychosis | Will knock you out for a while and weight gain | Only antipsychotic that helped me it works | M | 35 | 2 years 100 | 11/27/2015 |
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)