Posted by SLS on December 16, 2012, at 9:11:11
In reply to Re: Seroquel and Cortisol question » SLS, posted by LucidDreamer on December 16, 2012, at 3:49:40
> > Seroquel (quetiapine) will reduce blood levels of cortisol during the day for at least 4 hours after taking it (in healthy volunteers). Perhaps using the Seroquel XR extended release preparation would prolong this effect.
> Thank you so much for that. By any chance, do you know if Seroquel lowers cortisol at any dose, or do you have to take a certain amount of it for it to lower cortisol.
The dose used in the study was 150 mg.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15469666
> Also do you know how significant the reduction is(it probably depends on the doasge I would assume)? I don't expect you to know the answer to the last one, but I just wanted to ask anyway. Thank you very much.
I don't happen to know the answers to your questions here.
Sorry.
:-)
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