dancesintherain Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 anyone know if there are any good rules for geodon's "must take with food" requirement? My psychiatrist specifically talked with me about it and the bottle warns about it...but I didn't have time to get into the specifics. Does this need to be an "I take it while eating" thing? Or can I take it say 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before a meal? Any good rule on how much food is required? sorry, pesky questions about details...just want to make sure I get the drug I'm supposed to be getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eden Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The studies show that taking it with 500 calories allows for almost complete absorption, lower it's a pretty steep drop, I took it right after eating. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetasticaL Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 i was told to take it with at least 500 calories. in the morning i usually take 60mg with a cup of coffee and and in the evening i will take my other 60mg with dinner, which is usually around 350 calories. it makes me anxious to eat 500 calories at one sitting. i know i am probably not getting as much of the medication as i should. i have read some studies about the absorption of ziprasidone in the presence of food, i'll google around and try to post some. edited to add: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18007569 "The effect of food on the absorption of ziprasidone" http://www.springerlink.com/content/q415nh1645244637/ "Using oral ziprasidone effectively: the food effect and dose response" http://natashatracy.com/treatment-issues/side-effects/eat-geodon-food/ "What you should eat when taking Geodon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 thanks everyone. 500 calories is a lot when you're on a diet (induced my meds, in addition)...but I want the right amount of med. Grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vapourware Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 When I was taking ziprasidone, I was taking it at night so I would take it with my dinner. I found that if I didn't take it with a meal, I would have horrible nightmares where I was paralysed while demonic voices and visions would assail me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eden Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 You can always ask for a higher dose and take it with a regular caloric limit, say double the dose and eat 250 calories every time. I'm pretty sure that the absorption is not 50% food %50 meds absorbed, but you get my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 You can always ask for a higher dose and take it with a regular caloric limit, say double the dose and eat 250 calories every time. I'm pretty sure that the absorption is not 50% food %50 meds absorbed, but you get my point. Yeah, I'm leaning toward that. I like what it does for my brain. And I don't want vape's nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Wow, weird. My ex-pdoc had prescribed geodon for me and I took it for 2 months and not once did he mention to take it with food. the stuff made me hypomanic though, then it made me a walking zombie that could not wake up ever so I went off of it. Anyway, I didn't know you were supposed to eat with it... maybe he shoulda told me that. Another good reason I don't see him anymore I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 When I was taking ziprasidone, I was taking it at night so I would take it with my dinner. I found that if I didn't take it with a meal, I would have horrible nightmares where I was paralysed while demonic voices and visions would assail me. Were these nightmares or were they Sleep Paralysis episodes? Before I started taking meds for the brain, I used to get Sleep Paralysis episodes regularly. Boy were they scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vapourware Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 When I was taking ziprasidone, I was taking it at night so I would take it with my dinner. I found that if I didn't take it with a meal, I would have horrible nightmares where I was paralysed while demonic voices and visions would assail me. Were these nightmares or were they Sleep Paralysis episodes? Before I started taking meds for the brain, I used to get Sleep Paralysis episodes regularly. Boy were they scary... I did a quick search on wiki [not authoritative but does offer a general explanation] and I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it was a sleep paralysis episode? I know I wasn't asleep for very long and there was an overwhelming sense of danger and fear. Whatever it was, I hated it. I never had the experiences until I went onto ziprasidone and I haven't had an episode since I stopped it last year, so I do believe that ziprasidone was the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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