Lurasidone
Pronounced loo-RAS-i-done
Brand names: Latuda
Type: Atypical antipsychotic · All Mental Health Medicines
What Lurasidone is used for
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar depression
Common side effects
- Drowsiness
- Restlessness
- Nausea
- Stiffness
Important cautions
- Must be taken with a meal to be absorbed properly
- Antidepressant-type warning about suicidal thoughts applies to its use in bipolar depression in young people
- Antipsychotics carry a warning of increased death risk when used for dementia-related psychosis in older adults
How it comes
Tablets. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
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Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.