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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 421768" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Abilify - difficult child 2 was on it for almost 2 years. Helped but not as well as the Geodon has done. BIG weight gain here plus liver enzyme abnormalities and red blood cell abnormalities too. Nothing seriously serious but I am very glad he's off it. There have been no problems like that with the Geodon since he started it a year ago. All his labs are picture perfect now.</p><p></p><p>We draw labs every month due to difficult child's physical health issues or we would not have known about most of those irregularities since they are not things that would cause obvious symptoms in most people. And it may have been the interaction between the Abilify and the other medications he is on for his GI problems. But there is a known signficant risk for new onset diabetes and major weight gain with Abilify.</p><p></p><p>Of course Geodon comes with the risk for heart rhythm changes (long Q-t syndrome) that can cause sudden death. So anyone who starts Geodon is supposed to have an EKG done first and then after they've been on it a little while and then again every so often.</p><p></p><p>If your difficult child has any health concerns or there is a family history of liver problems or metabolic issues like diabetes I would want some preliminary labs done and then monitored regularly = every 3 months or so.</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 421768, member: 7948"] Abilify - difficult child 2 was on it for almost 2 years. Helped but not as well as the Geodon has done. BIG weight gain here plus liver enzyme abnormalities and red blood cell abnormalities too. Nothing seriously serious but I am very glad he's off it. There have been no problems like that with the Geodon since he started it a year ago. All his labs are picture perfect now. We draw labs every month due to difficult child's physical health issues or we would not have known about most of those irregularities since they are not things that would cause obvious symptoms in most people. And it may have been the interaction between the Abilify and the other medications he is on for his GI problems. But there is a known signficant risk for new onset diabetes and major weight gain with Abilify. Of course Geodon comes with the risk for heart rhythm changes (long Q-t syndrome) that can cause sudden death. So anyone who starts Geodon is supposed to have an EKG done first and then after they've been on it a little while and then again every so often. If your difficult child has any health concerns or there is a family history of liver problems or metabolic issues like diabetes I would want some preliminary labs done and then monitored regularly = every 3 months or so. Patricia [/QUOTE]
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