US Brand Name: Navane
Other Brand Names:
Onaven (Korea)
Orbinamon (Germany)
Thixit (New Zealand)
Generic Name: thiothixene
Other Forms:
FDA Approved Uses: Schizophrenia, psychosis
Off-Label Uses: Bipolar disorder, behavior problems arising from "mental retardation."
Pros:
Cons:
Typical Side Effects:
Not So Common Side Effects:
These may or may not happen to you don't, so don't be surprised one way or the other.
Freaky Rare Side Effects:
You aren't going to get these. I promise.
Interesting Stuff Your Doctor Probably Won't Tell You:
Dosage: 6 - 60mg a day.
Days to Reach a Steady State:
When you're fully saturated with the medication and less prone to peaks and valleys of effects. You still might have peaks of effect after taking many meds, but with a lot of the meds you'll have fewer valleys after this point. In theory anyway.
How Long it Takes to Work:
Half-Life & Average Time to Clear Out of Your System:
If you've worked your way up to a particular dosage, it's usually best to spend this many days at the next lowest dosage before going down the next lowest dosage before that and so forth. This is the least sucky way to avoid problems when stopping any psychiatric medication. Presuming you have the option of slowly tapering off them.
Comments: Until I write something up, you'll just have to look up this med on the other sites for more information.
Manufacturers:
Sample US Cost:
As of 02/06/2004. Full retail for the uninsured. Go ahead and gloat, citizens of civilized countries and all of you with full medical coverage.
Sample Canadian Cost:
As of 02/06/2004. In US dollars, for re-importation to the US. Does not include shipping charges or currency conversion charges you might incur on your credit card. Currency fluctuations will alter the price on a daily basis.
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how to read these sheets. Don't freak out about every potential side effect. Look at the odds of something having happened during the clinical trials.
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Dead tree references:
Mosby's 2004 Drug Guide David Nissen PharmD, Editor.© 2004. An imprint of Elsevier. The edition we're using isn't listed on Amazon.
Physicians' Desk Reference Edition 56 Maria Deutsch & Anu Gupta, Drug Information Specialists, et al. © 2002. Published by Medical Economics Company.
End of books used for this article.
Created Friday, February 06, 2004
Last updated Friday, May 22, 2009
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