Quetiapine medication side effects and benefit

Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication.

Alopecia associated with quetiapine.
Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2007 Mar;22(2):117-9. Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Alopecia has previously been reported with the atypical antipsychotic medicines olanzapine and risperidone, but has not been described with quetiapine. Case reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine reported to the New Zealand Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme were reviewed. The World Health Organization international spontaneous reporting database was also searched for additional case reports. Literature searches were conducted for previous reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine. The Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme database included two case reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine. Assessment of these cases suggested a causal relationship with the medicine. The World Health Organization international database included a further 15 case reports, providing evidence supporting this association. No previously published reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine were identified. In conclusion, these are the first published case reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine.

Efficacy and safety of quetiapine treatment for delusional parasitosis: experience in an elderly patient.
Clin Neuropharmacol. 2008 Sep-Oct; Milia A, Mascia MG, Pilia G, Paribello A, Murgia D, Cocco E, Marrosu MG. Department of Neurological and Cardiological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Delusional parasitosis is an unusual psychiatric disorder characterized by the false and persistent belief of being infested by parasites. Treatments include haloperidol, pimozide, and at present, olanzapine and risperidone. We report a case of delusional parasitosis in an elderly man, in which the treatment with low doses of quetiapine induced the complete remission of the syndrome, without any considerable side effects. No such report has been described before.

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