AZ adds new heart warning to Seroquel

pharmafile | July 21, 2011 | News story | Sales and Marketing Seroquel, antipsychotic 

AstraZeneca has added a new heart warning to the packaging on its antipsychotic drug Seroquel at the behest of the FDA.

The new text says doctors should be cautious about using it with a dozen other drugs, including Pfizer’s antispychotic Geodon (ziprasidone) and methadone.

FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh told The New York Times the move was only a precaution, and doctors should considered it a complete ban on prescribing Seroquel with the other drugs.

The regulator moved after receiving new information about arrhythmia side effects in 17 people who took a greater than recommended dose of Seroquel.

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