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drug_recall geodonAs with all antipsychotic medications, Geodon produces a number of known side effects. For the most part, these side effects are not serious enough to prompt discontinuation of Geodon. However, some side effects may be serious or even deadly.
The most common side effects associated with Geodon are feeling tired or sleepy; nausea or vomiting; hard stools or difficult bowel movements; dizziness; lack of muscle control, tremor or shuffling; diarrhea; rash; restlessness; increased cough or runny nose.
While Geodon side effects can occur in anyone taking the prescription, there are a number of other more serious side effects that should influence who takes the medication. These risks and side effects can be fatal.
People who have suffered recent heart attacks or severe heart failure are at risk of serious side effects from Geodon. These people, as well as people who have certain problems with their heartbeat, should not take Geodon.
Geodon has been found to change the heart''s rhythm. It is not known how significant the change is or how much damage is done by the change in heart rhythm, but it is known that other drugs that produced this same effect eventually caused rare, dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities.
When Geodon is mixed with other medications, the risk of these dangerous side effects increases. It is imperative that physicians are aware of all medications that may interact with Geodon.
Recent information provided by Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of Geodon, revealed that the drug increases a person''s risk of high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and diabetes. These side effects can be so extreme as to induce coma or death.
Side effects may also be exacerbated by consumption of alcohol while undergoing treatment with Geodon.
Geodon may also cause adverse side effects in women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
In response to a 2003 Food and Drug Administration request that drug manufacturers revise warnings on antipsychotic medications, Pfizer Inc. released a statement alerting physicians to reports that Geodon has been linked to extremely high blood sugar a...