Brief Answer: No need for another medicine. Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome to Healthcare Magic! If Geodon is working for you and has kept you symptom free, there is no reason why you shouldn't continue on it. It is approved by the FDA for both schizophrenia and manic and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. It is also used off label for bipolar depression. So you have no reason to be concerned. Schizo-affective disorder just indicates that one has significant affective (mood) symptoms in addition of schizophrenic symptoms. So the treatment includes both mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics. But if a single medicine is able to do all that for you, then this is really great. If you are concerned about Geodon not being specifically approved for schizo-affective disorder, please do not worry. The FDA does not make separate approvals for schizo-affective disorders. Medicines approved for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are used in schizo-affective disorders. It does not make sense to conduct the large scale trials needed for FDA approval separately for schizo-affective disorder, when the drug already has approval for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. So drug companies do not apply for separate approval. But that doesn't mean that something is wrong with the drug. It simply is financially not worth it for drug companies. I hope this allays your concerns. Please feel free to ask if you need any clarifications. Best wishes. Dr Preeti Parakh MD Psychiatry

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