Weekly Dose: quetiapine, the antipsychotic 'sleeping pill' linked to overdoses
- Written by Julaine Allan, Senior research fellow, Charles Sturt University
Quetiapine is increasingly prescribed a sleeping drug.Mink Mingle
Quetiapine is a drug designed to reduce hallucinations and delusions experienced by people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
The most common brand name of quetiapine is Seroquel but it’s also known by the slang names quell, Suzi-Q, baby heroin and Q-ball. Q-ball refers to...
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