{"id":7769,"date":"2016-12-01T10:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2016-12-01T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:49:51","slug":"ziprasidone-geodon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/ziprasidone-geodon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ziprasidone (Geodon\u00ae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Ziprasidone (US brand name Geodon\u00ae and generic) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic.<\/p>\n<h4>FDA-approved indications<\/h4>\n<p><em>A. As an oral formulation<\/em><br \/>\n1. Schizophrenia<br \/>\n2. Acute treatment as monotherapy of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder<br \/>\n3. Maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate<\/p>\n<p><em>B. As an intramuscular injection<\/em><br \/>\nAcute treatment of agitation in schizophrenic patients<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage<\/h4>\n<p><em>Schizophrenia<\/em><br \/>\nInitial: 20 mg twice daily<br \/>\nDose may be adjusted at an interval of 2 or more days<br \/>\nMaximum: 80 mg twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Acute treatment of manic\/mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder<\/em><br \/>\nInitial: 40 mg twice daily<br \/>\nIncrease to 60 mg or 80 mg twice daily on day 2<br \/>\nMaximum: 80 mg twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate<\/em><br \/>\n40\u201380 mg twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia (intramuscular administration)<\/em><br \/>\n10 mg every 2 hours or 20 mg every 4 hours, up to a maximum of 40 mg\/day<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage forms and strengths<\/h4>\n<p>Capsules (Geodon\u00ae and generic): 20 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, and 80 mg<br \/>\nIntramuscular injection (Geodon\u00ae): 20 mg\/mL single-use vials<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to Prescribing Information (see link below) for complete discussion of dosage, administration, warnings and precautions, contraindications, etc.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ziprasidone (US brand name Geodon\u00ae and generic) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic. FDA-approved indications A. As an oral formulation 1. Schizophrenia 2. Acute treatment as monotherapy of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder 3. Maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate B. As an intramuscular injection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-458","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7770,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions\/7770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}