Amisulpride: Drug Information

Generic name: Quetiapine

Brand name: Solian, Pincalm, Placidin, Q Pin, Quel, Qutace, Seroquin, Soclam

Drug Class: Antipsychotic

Use of Amisulpride:

Amisulpride belongs to the family of antipsychotic drugs and is used to treat schizophrenia and psychosis. It helps eliminate symptoms of hallucinations that are audio and visual in nature, fights fatigue and reduces communication disturbances. It also helps fight feelings of depression, aloofness and extreme anxiety. Amisulpride is known as substituted benzamide and works as an antagonist at multiple receptors in the brain serotonin including 5 HT1A and 5HT2, Dopamine D1 and D2, histamine H1 and adrenergic alpha 1 and alpha2 receptors.

Indications and dosage:

Take Amisulpride as prescribed by your doctor. The medicine can be taken with or without food. Take care not to stop taking it all of a sudden as it might result in various unwanted withdrawal symptoms. Notify your doctor if you intent to discontinue taking the medication and follow your physician’s instructions.

Warning and precautions:

Amisulpride should not be given to patients with hypersensitivity, severe central nervous system (CNS) depression, blood dyscrasias, hepatic impairment, bone marrow suppression and coma.

If you are allergic to any medicines you must tell your doctor prior to taking Amisulpride.

If you have a history of cardiovascular disease,cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, seizures, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, liver disease, tardive dyskinesia, diabetes, asthma, kidney disease or brain tumors you must notify your doctor as special precautions are advised under these circumstances followed by strict drug monitoring.

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or lactating.

Side effects of Amisulpride:

Some of the most common side effects of Amisulpride are asthenia, fever, chest pain, headache, hypertension, constipation, dryness of the mouth, dyspepsia, hypotension, indigestion, myalgia, somnolence, anxiety, dizziness, rhinitis, weight changes, skin rash, syncope, ear pain, urinary tract infection, decrease in thyroid hormone, neutropenia and variations in white blood corpuscles (WBC) count.

Overdose:

In case of an overdose, you must tell your doctor right away or call your local poison control center.

Storing Amisulpride:

The medicine should be kept out of reach or children.

It should be stored in a cool dry place way from direct heat or sunlight.