ziprasidone Archives

Ziprasidone With Or Without Food?

Date February 3, 2021 Author By Eric Christianson Category Psych

Here’s a case scenario where the clinical outcome may have hinged on taking ziprasidone with or without food. KD is a 33-year-old male who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Olanzapine and risperidone were the first antipsychotics that were tried to help alleviate the positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, etc.) of schizophrenia. Olanzapine led to a quick uptick […]

Why We Would and Wouldn’t Use Ziprasidone

Date January 6, 2021 Author By Eric Christianson Category Psych, QT Prolongation

Looking at the adverse effect profile of second-generation antipsychotics is critical to medication selection in clinical practice. You should definitely know the general list of adverse effects of antipsychotics (i.e. EPS, metabolic syndrome, QTc prolongation, etc.). What you should also be aware of is the subtleties for each individual agent. For ziprasidone, I remember two […]