LATUDA Reviews ( LURASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (306 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LATUDA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LATUDA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Capgras | weak, dizzy | Thsi brought me back into reality . | M | 80 | 10 weeks 20 mg. 2X day | 6/7/2014 | 1 | depression | dizzy drowsy balance confusion etc. | side effects real bad. | M | 73 | 2 years 80mg 1X day | 10/2/2016 | 1 | Bipolar 2;PTSD | mood elevated very quickly; thinking enhanced, but focus very scattered. Ended trial due to suicidal thoughts that came on suddenly. | F | 71 | 2 months 30mg 1X day | 5/30/2014 | 1 | anxiety or ?? who knows? | 1/2 hours of feeling good, perhaps an hour, and that night I ended up in the emergency room | Expensive. A brief window of experience that made me think this was finally a good drug to help me. Then, a few hours later, cardiology symptoms that made it necessary to go to the emergency room. End of story. | M | 69 | 8 days small mg. 1X day | 7/10/2016 | 3 | Depression / Anxiety | Chest pain like a major panic attack | For a few days, I thought I'd finally found a drug that did the things all the others were supposed to do. OCD thoughts about stressful events receded into the background and no longer dominated, painfully, my daily life. But on the 7th day I had relentless chest pain and my blood pressure skyrocketed to 177/120 with a pulse of 51. I foolishly did NOT call paramedics, thinking this was anxiety related...or something. I reported it my doc who said, stop taking it. A few days later the chest pains subsided completely. We tried using 10 mg and within six hours, the chest pains were back. It was really a big disappointment to have that side effect because the drug had plugged me into exactly the right place. I had a much needed distance and relief from all the stressful, painful thinking that had plagued me for the last two years. At one point I felt this wonderful sense of internal pleasure. I couldn't believe it. It was a taste of what could be possible but the heart palpitations and chest pain became such a big risk, even with just 10 mg., that I had to stop using it. Someday they'll have a med like this that works only on the brain and doesn't have the side effects. When that day comes, people with GAD/Depression, and others with even more difficult problems, will finally get real relief. I hope others find the really good feelings I did but without any bad side effects. | M | 68 | 8 days 20 mg 1X day | 4/2/2015 | 4 | Depression | Insomnia , weight gain | Worked pretty well in conjunction with lithium . Not total answer though. Still some depressive inertia . | M | 67 | 1 months 20 mg | 12/8/2014 | 1 | depression/anxiety | voracious appetite, couldn't stop eating, weight gain, insomnia, no energy even though doc said it would energize me | everyone is different, it could work for you, but it isn't for me | F | 66 | 19 days 20mg 1X day | 11/3/2013 | 5 | Major depression | Mild restlessness, mild anxiety Read the insert, Do not take CARDIZEM ( Diltiazam) with it. THEY WARN YOU ABOUT IT | I was prescribed Latuda and noticed positive results almost immediately. I had much more energy and could think more clearly. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this drug! Taking a lot less other psych meds. CHECK OUT YOUR PSYCHIATRIST My "Psychpharmacologist". Had me on 9 psch meds and 4supplements at the same time. I cold barely walk and talk. After having TD so bad I had entire body spasms and could not sleep. I researched the interaction between Latuda and Diltiazam and I IMMEDITELY went back to this quack and and told him about it, and All he did was reduce the Latuda from 80mg to 40mg, added 2 drugs and 3 supplements Two days later I was in the hospital with cardiac arrhythmia. I called him and asked if any of these meds would cause this heart condition, less than his RECEPTIONIST came back and said no. While I has hospitalized THEY TOOK ME OFF THE DILTIAZAM and the TD DISAPPEARED BY 99% I took AP's for 35 yrs When I came home Ilooked all the interactions of all meds I take. Most of the psych meds he had prescribed psych meds can cause arrythmias! The only psych meds I take now are LATUDA! Lamictal and Nuvigil. No recurrence of symptoms, no more arrythmia. Drastic improvement in all areas. I have been able to think to the level I used to ( I have an IQ of 142). I have so much more energy that I have been able to clean my house, enjoy hobbiesand talk. I am confident that I will continue to have positive results with Latuda | F | 65 | 1 years 40 1X day | 5/25/2012 | 5 | bipolar 1 | none | best med so far - removed suicidal thoughts | F | 65 | 5 days 60mg 1X day | 5/7/2015 | 1 | bi-polar 2 / adhd | Felt like my blood sugar dropped...light headed, feeling that eating something would help, overly sleepy mid-afternoon (naps aren't my thing) but I'd have to nap. The worst is it took me to Hell! I was still a bit blue then, in the snap of a finger, I was in Hell...couldn't be around anyone, felt that I needed to go check into the hospital with a 24 hr watch & saw the words "suicide" circling my head. Where I had no plan, I felt I was being pushed down further into an abyss. My hands have tremors & they're not going away. | NEVER have I been so scared from a side effect of a drug. I've been taking & trying many different drugs over the last 20 year & Latuda is the worst. I am drug sensitive but this went way beyond. I take 450 Lithium & 200 budeprion & I didn't feel the budeprion was doing enough. I've bounced back to a low level mania. I can't believe 4 days use has caused the tremors in my hands. Read these side effects carefully & question them before taking this drug! Don't be afraid of phoning your doctor; that's what they get paid for. If you're not satisfied, find another. | F | 64 | 4 days 40 mg 1X day | 2/2/2013 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Mask like facial expression, Eye Lid tic, Lips smacking, confused, anti-social, dull depressed state, feet constantly move, feeling flat, brain zaps, trouble staying asleep, weight gain, dry hair and skin, anxiety, swollen lips and tongue | F | 64 | 2 years 60 MG 1X day | 7/28/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | I started off a 20 mg didn't really have any side effects after three weeks I went up to 40, the second day I noticed that my shoulder started hurting and my stomach did not feel right, then I got this awful bloating feeling I could barely sit down or stand up I had to lay down it was so bad, call the doctor stopped it and 2 days later I was okay again, it was something like an enlarged spleen it was just pressure through my stomach and all over it was a terrible feeling | M | 63 | 21 days 40 mg | 9/27/2019 | 3 | Bi polar | It seemed to level me out in not having sporadic episodes of making quick irrational decisions. However, I now have tatdive dyskinesia. SUX and us EMBARRASSING! I'm coming off of it now! | F | 62 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 7/27/2020 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder Depression | Parkinson Symptoms - I could not walk and was in a wheelchair. I went through months of physical therapy and still have pain in my shoulders and arms from falling down. | M | 62 | 210 days 80 mg 1X day | 8/13/2015 | 1 | Bipolar, major depression | Horrible headaches, nausea, dizzy spells, ulcers under my tongue. | At first I thought it was a good thing. My mood improved enough for my wife to comment on it then the side effects set in. I can't deal with 24 hr. headaches and constant nausea and the mouth ulcers are extremely troubling. | M | 62 | 2 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 12/13/2014 | 1 | depression | This drug made me have very severe Parkinsons symptoms. I could not walk right without falling down on floor, ground or my 15 stairs (which I always fell down. I could not even write. My landlord came over to see why my stairs were not shovelled for a few weeks. He called an ambulance and I was hospitalized for 4 weeks. Nw I have huge bald patches all over my head. My hair has been thinning ever since used Latuda. Hair loss shampoos don't work. I have been using them and taking hair and nail vitamins for 4 months now and nothing has changed except that I can walk without falling now. | F | 61 | 365 days 120 mg 1X day | 7/28/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 2, depression | I have been on and off Latuda for the past two and a half years. Each time I am put on it, I find I have more problems. I experience anxiety, restlessness and I am extremely irritable. I feel as though someone put a huge weight on top of my head and I cannot look up (I can, I just feel like I cannot). I was recently admitted to the hospital for chest pain. I did not have a heart attack and my stress test was fine. Chest pain is one of the side effects listed for Latuda. I asked my doctor to cut my dose and she did, but not very willingly. I have gained a large amount of weight and most of it is in my waist--weight gain in this area of the body is associated with increased risk of heart disease. I am scared that I will get tardive dyskinesia and that it will not go away once I am off the medication. I am going to insist my doctor take me off this medication or exercise my right not to take it. I think the drug companies need more transparency about these types of medication. They need be upfront about these medications help or do not help. They need longer studies to assess what the drug does to people. And health insurance companies need to step up and question whether someone really needs to be on these medications before be so willing to pay for them. Too many people are overmedicated or incorrectly prescribed these types of medication. Way too many. | F | 61 | 20 mg 1X day | 4/8/2017 | 5 | bipolar, ocd, anxiety/panic disorde | So grateful for this drug. I can't remember feeling this good. The first week I took 10mg and felt jittery and a bit manic but that went away. The second week I started 20mg and my mood is much brighter and I have more energy. | This was added to my Wellbutrin, Lamictal, and Klonopin to help with depression and insomnia. I look forward to getting up for the first time in years. Amazing. I take it at bedtime. 20mg is all I needed to round out the other meds. Abilify did nothing. No weight gain yet but I am religious about counting calories and walking. At 60 I only need 1300-1400 calories a day. | F | 60 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 1/10/2015 | 1 | Depression Anxiety | Awful suicidal feelings I have never felt this bad | Hopefully psych puts me back on olanzopine | M | 60 | 4 weeks 80mg 1X day | 9/24/2023 | 3 | bipolar, ptsd | Td,jaw and tongue tremor.weight gain | just moved up to the 80 milligrams 3 weeks ago but feel pretty positive about it. Haven't felt positive about much in the last 15 years! | F | 59 | 3 months 80mg | 12/21/2014 |
LATUDA ( LURASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as schizophrenia, depression associated with bipolar disorder). Lurasidone helps you to think more clearly, feel less nervous, and take part in everyday life. It may also help to decrease hallucinations (hearing/seeing things that are not there). In addition, this medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Lurasidone is a psychiatric medication that belongs to the class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 2012-04-26 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)