Geodon

Geodon antipsychotic medication is used to help treat symptoms of schizophrenia. The Geodon patient summary noted that while Geodon can be an effective schizophrenia treatment, the risks of Geodon are high because of the way Geodon can change the electrical currents in a patient’s heart at a greater frequency than other antipsychotic options. An article by Public Citizen Health Research Group Director that was published in the May 1, 2002 Journal of the American Medical Association stated the “new antipsychotic drug Geodon -with the serious problem of potential heart toxicity--probably should not have been approved.”

The risk of suffering heart toxicity because of the use of Geodon can be greatly increased with the use of other medications, making it especially important to thoroughly evaluate alternate treatments to avoid Geodon adverse effects. In addition, Geodon was not required to include a black box warning on the drug’s labeling even though six other drugs with prolongation of the QTc interval had one. For more information on Geodon contact us to confer with a Geodon lawyer.