Posted by grapebubblegum on May 31, 2001, at 8:26:20
In reply to Re: Having heart problems w/ Geodon, posted by Sunnely on May 30, 2001, at 23:47:25
I'm not too thrilled that my 5 year old son (74 lbs.) is taking Geodon 20 mg every evening and topamax 75 mg. per day. His pdoc never told me about these possible arrhythmias. I myself have had significant arrhythmias which my cardiologist poo-poohed (I was having "extra beats" which is really a ventricular spasm or a mangled ineffective beat despite the name, correct? every 10 seconds for a while there and the doc just told me to drink more water, eat more salt, and cut down the caffeine, and sure enough the problem subsided especially when I stopped taking zoloft which appeared at one point to worsen the problem).
My son's pdoc only sees him 15 minutes per month and never asked or noticed that my son gained about 10 lbs in two months while taking zyprexa but when I pointed out my concern, he was switched to geodon instead, and I have been told of no possible dangers or side effects. Also, I can't be sure this medication regimen is helping for his tentative "bipolar disorder" diagnosis.
I look forward to moving out of Florida in one month and finding a good medical practice for my son in Baltimore, Maryland... but in the meantime, if you hadn't told me about this possible geodon effect, I wouldn't have known.
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