AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question MY DAUGHTER IS ON GEODON TO STABILIZE HER MOOD. HER ANXIETY HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. HER DR. PUT HER ON CONTROLLED RELEASE XANAX WHICH DID NOT HELP. NOW SHE HAS BEEN ON INDERAL LA FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS WHICH DOES NOT SEEM TO BE HELPING EITHER. SHE HAS BEEN VERY ANGRY TO THE POINT OF RAGE. COULD THIS BE A SIDE EFFECT FROM ANY OF THESE MEDS. ALSO, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE CONTROLLED RELEASE DRUGS TO FULLY GET IN YOUR SYSTEM? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
Answer Hi Terry,
You have a number of wuestions here, let me take them one by one.
1. It takes about 6-8 half lives for a SR preparation to take full effect. For Xanax it means about 6 days.
2. Is the rage due to the drugs? I doubt it. If at all the drugs will cause her to cl down and not flare up.
3. Inderal has been used in these conditions but I am not sure how effectve it s.
4. So what do we do about this? Wait for about 6 days of treatment and then go back to the doctor if the mood is not controlled. Ask the doctor to re-evaluate the therapy.
Ravi Ghooi
