HI,
The company's web site lists fast heart beat as a side effect of
Strattera.
http://www.drugs.com/strattera.html
Quote:
Stop taking Strattera and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
chest pain, shortness of breath, fast or uneven heartbeat
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The ER docs should have caught that.
Are her bipolar issues mostly under control?
She might not need Strattera and she might be miss- dx'd ADD.
It's not a good drug to use until
after the moods are stable.
Seroquel's web site mentions heart rate but I am not familiar with Seroquel myself:
http://www.seroquelxr.com/index.aspx
Quote:
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A rare, but potentially fatal, side effect reported with SEROQUEL XR and medicines like it is neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). Tell your doctor if you have very high fever; rigid muscles; shaking; confusion; sweating; changes in pulse, heart rate, or blood pressure; or muscle pain and weakness because treatment should be stopped if you have NMS
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In a google search, various patient web sites mention heart palpitations with
Seroquel. Is that what she is experiencing?
Again when I google "
Zoloft heart" I get stuff about heart palpitations. Is this what she is having?
Here is my favorite web site:
It is run by a psychiatrist.
http://www.psycheducation.org/index.html
Here is another very good web site:
http://www.crazymeds.us/
http://www.crazymeds.us/strattera.html
Straterra is an NRI:
http://www.crazymeds.us/nri.html
My suggestion:
The mother can call the doc who gave the daughter these meds and ask if the daughter can taper off Stratterra. These drugs are pretty much given to us and then taken off by
trial and error. Also, sometimes a certain dose causes a problem when another dose is fine.
With our meds, whenever we have ANY kind of a health problem, the meds are almost always the problem. The meds can be adjusted/ removed / changed.
Here is a patient talking about drinking Gatorade to help with the groggy feelign from Seroquel:
http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/in...se-depression/
Even though the daughter is almost 18, her mother can still benefit from info regarding adolescents:
http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer
Here is a very good book that many people find wonderful:
The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papoloand Janice Papolos
The authors have a web site:
http://www.bipolarchild.com/
Good luck to your friend and her family;
Mari