Seroquel and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) is a medication prescribed in the treatment of mental illnesses. Traditionally Seroquel is prescribed to treat bipolar disorder and szichoprenia. However, clinical trial research has demonstrated that Seroquel may also be effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder as well.

Generalized Anxiety D isorder

• Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mental illness characterized by excessive, unsubstantial and sometimes illogical worries regarding practical or nominal things.

Features (GAD)

• Those who suffer from GAD typically take a catastrophic view of everyday matters, as if anticipating disaster, and are overly concerned about matters relating to work, health, money and problems of their friends and family.

Seroquel

• Seroquel is an anti-psychotic medication traditionally prescribed to treat symptoms of mental illness such as hallucinations, delusions, hostility and disarrayed or unorganized thought.

Expert Insight

• Research presented at the annual American Psychiatric Association meeting in 2008 demonstrated the ability of Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) to alleviate some of the symptoms of anxiety disorders including trouble sleeping and trouble relaxing.

Time Frame

• Research from Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine demonstrated that within one week of beginning a clinical trial, patients given Seroquel showed an improvement in their symptoms of anxiety when compared to others given a placebo, and the improvement continued throughout the six-week trial.