Lurasidone Tablets. Latuda® is a brand of lurasidone that comes in a tablet form. It's a type of antiphychotic that can treat mental health conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. You should take this medication at regular intervals and with food.

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Generic Name: lurasidone In addition, this medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Lurasidone is a psychiatric medication that belongs to the class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain.

Latuda isn't part of the antidepressant drug class. However, antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may also be used to treat bipolar depression. (Taking Latuda with antidepressants may increase your risk for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

In clinical studies of adults and children (10 to 17 years) LATUDA was effective in reducing symptoms of bipolar depression.

Latuda can sometimes cause harmful effects in people who have certain conditions. This is known as a drug-condition interaction. Other factors may also affect whether Latuda is a good treatment option for you. Talk with your doctor about your health history before you take Latuda.

LATUDA tablets are intended for oral administration only. Each tablet contains 20 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg, or 120 mg of lurasidone hydrochloride. Inactive ingredients are mannitol, pregelatinized starch, croscarmellose sodium, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, Opadry® and carnauba wax.

Latuda has an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 from a total of 786 reviews on Drugs.com. 51% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 30% reported a negative experience.

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Latuda works by changing chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters. It's not a mood stabilizer, but an atypical antipsychotic. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initially approved lurasidone to treat schizophrenia. In 2013 , the FDA also approved its use in treating bipolar depression.

Latuda is thought to work in schizophrenia and bipolar depression by adjusting levels of brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) known as dopamine and serotonin to improve your thinking, feelings and mood, and behavior. However, the exact mechanism of action of Latuda is unknown.

Latuda® (lurasidone HCl) is a once-a-day prescription medicine FDA-approved to treat bipolar depression in adults and children (10 to 17 years). And, in clinical studies, LATUDA was effective for people struggling with bipolar depression.