Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) - treatment which belongs to a class of the medicines named " atypical antipsychotics ".

Seroquel belongs to group atypical antipsychotics which now are ordered for more than 8 million person in many various countries.

Seroquel was in the market with 1997 and has been investigated extensively with 1989.

Seroquel is used in treatment of schizophrenia and a mad stage of the bipolar disorder. Seroquel reduces attributes which accompany with these conditions.

Doctors also sometimes order Seroquel for other conditions.

Illnesses which mention a brain, can take place because of some chemicals in a brain (dopamine and serotonin) being of balance. These discrepancies can be the reason of some from attributes that experience of patients. Doctors and scientists are not sure what reason these discrepancies to take place.

It is thought, that Seroquel helps to create the best balance of these brain chemicals. Though Seroquel will not cure the disorder, it can help to operate to patients their attributes and to help them to feel like better. To work properly, Seroquel should be taken every day as it is instructed by the doctor even if attributes of the patient have improved or have disappeared.

Seroquel is taken as a tablet. The daily doze is adjusted for needs of each patient. Your doctor informs you concerning duration of therapy.

If you take Seroquel,

* You should take it every day, is exact as your doctor speaks you. Expect, that your attributes will start to improve slowly within the first several weeks after treatment, but it borrows time to feel like better. You should not stop to take Seroquel or to change times, you take it speaking with the doctor.

* You can take Seroquel with or without the foodstuffs. It is desirable to swallow, however, tablets with water without chewing.

* As Seroquel should be taken two times day, better take it in two established times, for example in the morning and in the evening before time of dream.

Similarly to any treatment, Seroquel makes by-effects in some people. Dizziness, drowsiness and levity - the most general by-effects, skilled people taking Seroquel. The dizziness and drowsiness are usually moderate and should leave in due course.

Other possible by-effects include:

* Headache

* Lock

* Dry mouth

* Stomach of frustration or belly pain

* Some increase in weight

* Changes in laboratory researches on a liver and function of a thyroid gland

Though is rare with use Seroquel, this type of treatment can cause a muscle twitching or wrong movements of your person and language. If it occurs, your doctor should be informed immediately.

If you take Seroquel, you should enter contact to the doctor or the pharmacist if you notice any attribute which excites you even if it is not brought in the list here.

Various forces of tablet Seroquel can be ordered, depending on what country you are. Name Seroquel and force is always written on a tablet. - some examples of Seroquel tablets:

And pharmacists know the doctor, what medicines can be taken simultaneously with Seroquel. You should allow to your doctor to know, whether you take any other medicines.