Ziprasidone

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Use

antipsychotic agent, piperazine, thiazole

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• 136 Why is this medication prescribed? Ziprasidone is used to treat schizophrenia.
• Company: Pfizer Approval Status: Approved February 2001 Treatment for: Schizophrenia General Information Ziprasidone is available as Ziprasidone Capsules for oral administration and is most effective when taken with food.
• Discovered and developed by Pfizer, ziprasidone is a serotonin and dopamine antagonist that is effective across its dose range in treating the positive and negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
• Indications: Intramuscular ziprasidone is FDA-approved for the treatment of acute agitation in schizophrenic patients for whom treatment with ziprasidone is appropriate and who need intramuscular antipsychotic medication for rapid control of agitation.
• Ziprasidone is well absorbed after oral administration.

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