Quetiapine (Seroquel) May Be Effective in Childhood Mania

October 25, 2011 · Posted in Potential Treatments 

quetiapineGagan Joshi performed an 8-week open study of quetiapine in 30 preschool children and 19 school-age children. The mean dose was 176 mg/day on average for the preschool children, and 248 mg/day for the school age children, and both appeared highly effective in treating manic symptomatology. At the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in October 2010, Joshi reported that while the drug was generally well tolerated, it was associated with significant weight gain; the preschoolers gained 3.1 lbs on average in the 8-week period, while the school age children gained an average of 7.4 lbs.

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