Sorry I missed your comment. Thank you! Yes it was Perphenazine which TD was listed as first side effect. I remember him saying something about tics. I wish it were that simple. I could not afford the Geodon I was taking and he said this was an alternative. He thinks it was coming off the Geodon but I think it was the other. Then I read …
Sorry I missed your comment. Thank you! Yes it was Perphenazine which TD was listed as first side effect. I remember him saying something about tics. I wish it were that simple. I could not afford the Geodon I was taking and he said this was an alternative. He thinks it was coming off the Geodon but I think it was the other. Then I read these are supposed to be used short term and not to just keep taking for years. I now read all leaflets that come with prescriptions these days.
If you're still without insurance (or you have a large deductible and your insurance company doesn't give you the same discount they give themselves) and need a decent discount for the (hopefully generic Geodon as the brand is insanely expensive) there are some really good discount web sites out there to include walgreens.rxsense.com -- from what I saw there the price for both ziprasidone and perphenizine is about the same. The prices on that website are way better than goodrx (at walgreens anyway but I would guess that other national chains may have their own sites). And how a 1st generation anti-psychotic could ever be compared to a second is beyond the pale. They are FAR and away more likely to be associated with all the nasties as later iterations generally work out many of the issues but it should be said that they, too, can cause TD, especially now that you've had an episode, which as you probably are aware, can be permanent. But there are often times extenuating circumstances as to why you would be on long term treatment with Geodon which would obviously include your diagnosis and weather or not it was actually benefiting you along those lines. But it is interesting that you took it for years with no troubles and then...
A Midwestern Doctor has a great substack (The Forgotten Side of Medicine) and is very knowledgeable about these things and has written about the wide over prescribing of the many drugs used to treat various psychiatric conditions that I would recommend checking out if you have time. ..Best wishes to you.
Thanks! Yes believe it or not the Generic form of Geodon had just came out and the savings in price for the name brand was very minimal. I want to say about $20 less if that. Perphenazine was suggested and after using for two months I felt spasms but they were not yet noticeable. Then they could be seen visually and my PCP said I likely had TD and it was often permanent. The drug was stopped. I participated in study for Ingrezza and was promised if it worked I would continue to receive the drug until it came to market by Neurocrine Biosciences. It did not help one bit. I then tried Austedo and that too did not work. Do you have link to "The Forgotten Side of Medicine"? Thanks!
Why yes, and the price makes much more sense now as the generics are always more expensive for the first six months until "competition" comes into play driving down prices. Here is Forgotten:
Sorry I missed your comment. Thank you! Yes it was Perphenazine which TD was listed as first side effect. I remember him saying something about tics. I wish it were that simple. I could not afford the Geodon I was taking and he said this was an alternative. He thinks it was coming off the Geodon but I think it was the other. Then I read these are supposed to be used short term and not to just keep taking for years. I now read all leaflets that come with prescriptions these days.
If you're still without insurance (or you have a large deductible and your insurance company doesn't give you the same discount they give themselves) and need a decent discount for the (hopefully generic Geodon as the brand is insanely expensive) there are some really good discount web sites out there to include walgreens.rxsense.com -- from what I saw there the price for both ziprasidone and perphenizine is about the same. The prices on that website are way better than goodrx (at walgreens anyway but I would guess that other national chains may have their own sites). And how a 1st generation anti-psychotic could ever be compared to a second is beyond the pale. They are FAR and away more likely to be associated with all the nasties as later iterations generally work out many of the issues but it should be said that they, too, can cause TD, especially now that you've had an episode, which as you probably are aware, can be permanent. But there are often times extenuating circumstances as to why you would be on long term treatment with Geodon which would obviously include your diagnosis and weather or not it was actually benefiting you along those lines. But it is interesting that you took it for years with no troubles and then...
A Midwestern Doctor has a great substack (The Forgotten Side of Medicine) and is very knowledgeable about these things and has written about the wide over prescribing of the many drugs used to treat various psychiatric conditions that I would recommend checking out if you have time. ..Best wishes to you.
Thanks! Yes believe it or not the Generic form of Geodon had just came out and the savings in price for the name brand was very minimal. I want to say about $20 less if that. Perphenazine was suggested and after using for two months I felt spasms but they were not yet noticeable. Then they could be seen visually and my PCP said I likely had TD and it was often permanent. The drug was stopped. I participated in study for Ingrezza and was promised if it worked I would continue to receive the drug until it came to market by Neurocrine Biosciences. It did not help one bit. I then tried Austedo and that too did not work. Do you have link to "The Forgotten Side of Medicine"? Thanks!
Why yes, and the price makes much more sense now as the generics are always more expensive for the first six months until "competition" comes into play driving down prices. Here is Forgotten:
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