What can you expect when withdrawing from zyprexa cold turkey?

5 Sep 2010

5 Sep 2010

Backster,
Maso's right... tell him quitting Zyprexa cold turkey is NOT the answer. I do happen to know that Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Zyprexa, does have a patient assistance program. It is called the Lilly Cares Foundation and he/she can call them at 1-800-998-9180 to qualify right over the phone. Hope this helps. Trust me, it is a better alternative to quitting what is working for him/her.

13 Jun 2011

Zyprexa is one of the deadliest antipsychotic to use and withdraw.
It shutdowns most of the brain. It really is powerful. Any other antipsychotic is better.

I knew a person who died when she withdrew from Zyprexa so
I don't know if it is safe to withdraw from such drugs. I would be extremely careful when withdrawing. These drugs damage receptors of neurons causing brain to malfunction when withdrawn. They really are similar to illegal street drugs, they cause addiction, brain damage and early death.

You cannot never cold turkey these drugs and people usually have terrible problems stopping them (insomnia, nausea, vomiting, headaches, panic attacks etc). Even then they might die months/years later because their brains don't work correctly anymore (and there is little that can be done I think).

The manufacturers (and psychiatrists) don't want to admit it but antipsychotics like Zyprexa (Seroquel, Risperdal) are just toxic drugs.

NEVER START TAKING ZYPREXA.

9 Dec 2011

That's a bad situation! I would go to the doctor and discuss it and maybe he can get some free samples to taper with. Or maybe some social agency will pay for or help pay for a prescription which he could use to taper. Or I would think his doctor could put him on another antipsychotic drug that his new insurance would cover and that might be a way of avoiding withadrawals. I had that happen to me when I was on Zoloft. I lost my insurance and couldn't afford to buy the Zoloft. I had some unpleasant and even a couple of scary incidents. Because of that I make sure when I got insurance again and got back on my antidepressants I skip doses, in the beginning, and save them so that if I ever loose my insurance again I will have enough pills saved to taper off. And it did happen again and I had enough pills to taper off and not go through what they call "discontinuation syndrome." Hope this helps. Take care.