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Is Seroquel Narcotic Drug, Can A Person Become Addicted?
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Mon, 19 Aug 2013
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Mon, 19 Aug 2013
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Sun, 15 Sep 2013
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Question : Is Seroquel XR a narcotic drug? Can a person become addicted?
Brief Answer:
it is an atypical antipsychotic drug .
Detailed Answer:
Dear Madam,
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Well looking into your problem I would tell you that Quetiapine is atypical antipsychotic drug . quetiapine is a potent serotonin 5-HT2a-receptor antagonist and a moderate dopamineD2-receptor antagonist . It is not a narcotic.
The misuse and abuse potential of the drug is low and only case reports are there . The pharmacological theories remain unsupported and there are no available animal or human studies to clarify the potential risk for its abuse . Thus it needs monitoring for addiction in high risk cases like people having history of polysubstance abuse.
Take care.
Dr. Shruti
it is an atypical antipsychotic drug .
Detailed Answer:
Dear Madam,
Thank you for posting your query on XXXXXXX
Well looking into your problem I would tell you that Quetiapine is atypical antipsychotic drug . quetiapine is a potent serotonin 5-HT2a-receptor antagonist and a moderate dopamineD2-receptor antagonist . It is not a narcotic.
The misuse and abuse potential of the drug is low and only case reports are there . The pharmacological theories remain unsupported and there are no available animal or human studies to clarify the potential risk for its abuse . Thus it needs monitoring for addiction in high risk cases like people having history of polysubstance abuse.
Take care.
Dr. Shruti
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