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 | Mental Illness | Brain Zombie. Drooling. Bed wetting. Collapsing. | Clozaril=Chemical lobotomy. Ban this drug. | 41 | 4 years 900mg 1X day | 9/29/2017 | 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 | 5 | Suicidal | Sleepyness | This was the last resort for me, my doctor tried recently to take me off it, but I went through withdrawl, my body hurt and my mind was all over the place so we had to put me back on it .when I amoved on the drug I function better and am in more control of my own actions. | F | 30 | 12 years 1X day | 11/22/2015 | 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 | Schizoaffective/Schizophrenia | Drooling at night and Drowsiness and increased appetite | Clozaril has made me normal. I have no more symptoms of schizophrenia. I am very happy that I was put on this medication and I plan to stay on it. It is worth the trouble of the weekly blood draws. | F | 23 | 6 weeks 200 mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Extreme sedation, lethargy in the morning, excessive salivating, desire to eat sweets that is impossible to resist, heart races, panic attacks | Yes, there are a lot of terrible side effects. Yes, the blood draws are an inconvenience. But clozapine has controlled my schizophrenia better than any med I've been on before (been on lots of antipsychotics) | F | 19 | 1.5 years 200 mg 1X day | 4/11/2012 | 5 | psychosis | sedation, weight gain, memory problems | works great on positive psychosis symptoms | F | 23 | 1 years | 7/17/2004 | 5 | Schizoaffective disorder | weight gain, night sweating | LOVE this drug. It made me normal, for the first time. I can do housework, I can work, I have a happy relationship with my family. | F | 30 | 9 months | 7/23/2007 | 5 | schyzophrenia | drooling 1st 2years, constipation,eating sweets in the night,makes sleepy, hard to function in the morning | excellent,wonderful, saved my mind | F | 32 | 10 years | 12/28/2008 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Psychosis NOS | Drooling, bedwetting (got dose lowered and it stopped) Extreme drowsiness. | Paliperidone had no effect so they put me on it. Definitely helped with the psychosis but i hate the sleepiness so much. I mean sleeping 10-16 hours of the day. If i force myself up early im foggy and fall asleep by 630pm. I think im particularly sensitive to this because im on a really low dose so it may be better for others. I hope i can actually come off it in a year or two. | F | 22 | 1 years 1X day | 5/31/2015 | 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 | 2 | schizophrenia | sedation,panic attacks,drooling | F | 33 | 4 months 250mg 2X day | 8/30/2015 |
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)