My relative was doing well on seroquel (quetiapine) but he took himself off it because of heart palpitations. He is now on olanzapine, and although he is calmer, he is not what he was, in many respects. Do you know of a drug similar to seroquel – which was the most normalizing medication he's had – that doesn’t affect the heart?
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