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 |
| 5 | bipolar | The once a day dosing is great. No weight gain compared to other drugs in this class. | No dose increases, 40mg is the dose you start and stay on. | M | 29 | 1 months 40mg 1X day | 7/12/2011 | 5 | Schizophrenia | I don't have to eat every hour like other AP's. Mild anxiety. Tardive dyskinesia is still here, but not as bad as with other medicines like this. Very little side effects with this drug! | This seems to be working as well as 6-9 mg of invega. Memory seems to be improving! I like this medicine better than other anti-psychotics that I've tried. Going to try the 80mg to see if things are any better. 40mg seems to work wonders for all of my symptoms. | M | 29 | 4 months 40mg 1X day | 6/21/2011 | 5 | bipolar depression schytophrenia | At first it made me nauseous and jittery but then I started taking right before went to sleep with my Celera. I feel that it has changed my life for the better | M | 40 | 2 months 40 | 8/17/2013 | 5 | bipolar | this one had fewer side effects, initially. 0 side effects afterward. Son reported that he didn't know if it was doing anything. I think that is good, as I noticed the great awakening. If you are having issues son did at first, it took 30 days and close attention to find that the FOOD was his problem, not the med. We have awesome results when he takes the food with medication. I will post back after we get the routine better. He has had mixed results though because what seemed to be too low of a dose and possible too much activation was in fact him not getting any medicine so illness back with a vengence and or a partial dose which was too activiating. The same result we got from geodon. | Like I said, I will post back later, but this medication has promising results with 0 side effects for son. I think we have hit the one which can be difficult. Everyone is different. And like with Geodon, too low of a dose can be activating, nervousness & all the other bad stuff. The only thing that he complains of is in the beginning it would keep him from sleeping as well. He also has sleep issues. | M | 21 | 30 days 40 1X day | 10/14/2012 | 5 | schizophrenia | some very small side effects only | it is a wonderful buster drug to me, gave me my life back again! | M | 37 | 2 months 40 1X day | 5/30/2013 | 5 | bipolar 1 | At first I was really really Restless and very anxious. I'm on 40 mgs. , Dr prescribed buspar And it really helped with restlessness and anxiety. I also take wellbutrin. All in all no mood swings and I feel very normal. | M | 29 | 3 months | 10/1/2014 | 5 | Bipolar | Works wonders! | M | 22 | 2 months 20MG 1X day | 1/13/2015 | 5 | Bi polar | After taking Latuda for six months I developed uncontrollable muscle spasms in my left leg and right arm and hand, a facial tick above my left cheek and worst of all impotency that 150 mg of Viagra couldn't help. I have since been weaned off of Latuda the spasms have stopped, the tick disappeared, and my erections have started to return sometimes without the aid of Viagra still waiting for that to return to normal. | M | 55 | 1 years 40 | 4/17/2015 | 5 | Depression, Bipolararity | Slight akathesia (feelings of inner restlessness) for an hour after taking the pill | I'm on week two of Latuda and it has been the best med for sure so far. I have severe OCD, anxiety disorder(s), ADHD, and what the psychiatrist calls "bipolararity" (racing thoughts, irritability, moodiness) - which could just be symptoms of severe anxiety or something different on there own. After trying just about every psych med made, Latuda has been the best. I take this in combination with 300mg Luvox and 40mg Vyvanse. Within a week the "impending doom" depressed feeling lifted and I felt more motivated to do things that needed to be done (versus feeling overwhelmed by the thoughts and OCD). Often times I felt so overwhelmed I would just go to bed but I now feel optimistic about things and am doing things that would normally send me to bed depressed and overwhelmed, I find it easier to talk to people also as I feel my generalized anxiety has been significantly reduced. I use to have "Sunday dread" fearing the upcoming week but that has since become much more tolerable. All other antipsychotics I couldn't stay on because of weight gain or any of the other awful side effects. Bless this drug. | M | 17 | 1 days 20 | 5/22/2015 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | I am not able to be in areas that temps seem to be above 76F for prolonged times. I loose breath if I take a hot shower, if it’s hot outside, I tend to stay inside. No other side effects ever experienced. | This medication has saved me from my manic depression issues whereas I would stay in bed for a week and a half, not even worrying if I showered. No weight gain and have a sexual drive. I started at 40MG and over 2 years, increased to 160MG. | M | 35 | 2 years 160MG MAX | 7/20/2018 | 5 | Borderline personality/Dysthymia | Euphoria, agitation | I think that the pharmas company are trying to put Latuda down. I'm a kinesiologist and naturopath from Canada, it's not normal that I'm the only one that takes Latuda, Prozac, Adderall XR, lamictal and zopiclone. Everyone, all my clients, people in detox therapies, are on Seroquel and citalopram (celexa) or Lexapro (cipralex in Canada). It makes them lazy, they miss apointments, they dont want to exercise and stimulant users relaps. I think that they are trying to make a zombie nation so the richs get more rich. I'm wide awake, hyperfuntional, stable mood, sense of well-being. It's the kind of med that you need to adjust the dosage depending on the months. Sometimes 20 mg is enough, and sometimes i need 40 mg. | M | 39 | 4 months 40 1X day | 2/8/2019 | 5 | Depression, bipolar depression | Slight hypomania, brief nausea in the beginning before I learned to take it with dinner | This is a really good medicine specifically for bipolar depression. It touches and treats my bipolar depression in a way almost no other antipsychotic or antidepressant does. Very few side effects even at the maximum 160 mg dose (two 80 mg pills a day). Absolutely zero weight gain, no effect on libido, and helps me get up out of bed and on with my day. I believe it is more effective than Seroquel for depression and has a much more tolerable side-effect profile. | M | 37 | 160 mg 1X day | 11/26/2019 | 5 | BPD1 w/ Dysphoric Mania | 20mg instantly made the worst symptoms I had go away. The doc and I went to 40 after a week and I still have had some anger/depression abnd panic attacks. Since I'm avoiding stimulants and benzos we're going to 60mg. Mostly a wonder drug for me, and I hope if you need it to be it works as well. | M | 36 | 1 months 40 mg 1X day | 10/21/2021 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | some shaking and severe anxiety which had to be addressed | This was a game changer for me. On 40 mg it made me very anxious but help really well with the depression. I was put on lexapro for the anxiety because it has a sedating affect on me and it worked. We played with both doses for a while and settled on 40mg latuda and 10 lexapro and that was the secret sause for me, I wouldnt change anything. | M | 54 | 6 years 40mg 1X day | 8/20/2022 | 4 | schizophrenia | Every 1 or 2 days i get stiffness (or like inflated) in my front neck for some hours. I know it's latuda cause i didn't take it for 15 days (not in a row) and it didn't do that strange side effect. So i take 3x 20mg a day and this way it doesn't happen in the afternoon | M | 35 | 2 years 60mg 1X day | 12/12/2020 | 4 | bipolar mania and depression | crawling inside my own skin, feeling like I want to skin myself (restlessness) | So far I have had success and this drug has cleared my thoughts and helped boost my mood. DO NOT TAKE IN THE MORNING. DO NOT...... Felt like I was going to crawl out of my own skin. Prolly wanna be asleep for that. | M | 29 | 14 days 60 1X day | 7/13/2015 | 4 | bipolar type 1 | Complete erectile dysfunction. Mild akathisia. extreme bouts of nausea. Fatigue easily and drowsiness | It worked well to control my moods for the first month really well. However, after a few months I found that the side effects were intolerable at times. I can't have a girlfriend, despite the medicine helping me think clearly and do well in school. I think I'm going to switch meds because of the impotence. It's driving me crazy! | M | 25 | 8 months 80 mg | 3/23/2015 | 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 | 4 | Bipolar-related Depression | SLEEPING (sleep for 12 hours, then nap for 6 later) | Besides the uncontrollable sleeping, my mood lifted wonderfully (for the brief times I was conscious) | M | 24 | 1 months 20 1X day | 11/19/2014 | 4 | Schizophrenia | Akathesia and a panicky feeling after taking it. This lasted for about three weeks. (it went away) | I hope I can get this after my insurance runs out. | M | 48 | 365 days 80mg 1X day | 1/20/2014 |
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)