Teens taking the medication are at higher risk for weight gain, liver problems, sleepiness, breast enlargement, increased levels of fat in their blood and extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), which include restlessness, tremor, and slurred speech
It may also be used alone or with other medicines (eg, lithium or valproate) to treat mania or mixed episodes that is part of bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness)
If you stop taking the drug suddenly or don't Pain or trouble swallowing
In most cases, the withdrawal symptoms do not improve unless the drug is restarted or another medication is used
You This problem may lessen or go away after stopping this drug, but it may not go away
Relapse of psychosis and exacerbation occur in most patients with psychotic disorders, occasionally with drastic consequences
Images General information Storage Ingredients What is Zyprexa? Zyprexa is a prescription medicine used to treat: schizophrenia in people age 13 or older
ZYPREXA can be taken with or without food
If you were switching to a different antipsychotic medication, your psychiatrist might advise you to stop suddenly so you could start taking the other drug without mixing the two ( Takeuchi et al Olanzapine (sold under the trade name Zyprexa among others) is an atypical antipsychotic primarily used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Olanzapine (Zyprexa) can also be used to treat depression, in combination with fluoxetine (Prozac), when other treatments haven't worked well
Below is a list of known side effects, including some of the most severe: 5,26,27
Efficacy in adolescents with schizophrenia was demonstrated based on a flexible dose range of 2
Teens taking the medication are at higher risk for weight gain, liver problems, sleepiness, breast enlargement, increased levels of fat in their blood and extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), which include restlessness, tremor, and slurred speech
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Retire una tableta de desintegración oral (Zyprexa Zydis) del paquete solamente cuando esté listo para tomar la medicina
Common Zyprexa side effects may include: headache, back pain; The risk for parkinsonism, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and akathisia may be increased by concomitant use of deutetrabenazine and dopamine antagonists or antipsychotics
Dry mouth, constipation, nausea, dizziness, lightheadedness, stomach pain, weight gain, drowsiness, back pain, or redness/pain/swelling at the injection site may occur
Drowsiness, dizziness, lightheadedness, stomach upset, dry mouth, constipation, increased appetite, or weight gain may occur
Zyprexa (olanzapine) is one of a group of medications called atypical antipsychotics
dose of one or both drugs, use lowest effective doses and shortest duration of concomitant tx: combo may incr
Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects
Serious interactions of olanzapine include: umeclidinium bromide/vilanterol inhaled
7 times greater than those who took a placebo
Daily administration of Zyprexa leads to reaching the steady-state plasma concentration (the amount of drug in the blood needed to be therapeutically effective) in about one week
There may also be reasons that you want to stop taking antipsychotics
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The usual starting dose is 5mg to 10mg once a day
It calms down the mind, calms the severe anxiety, and makes me sleep at night
1) • Be aware that there are two ZYPREXA intramuscular formulations with different dosing schedules
Special risk patient: Initial dose: 5 mg once daily in patients who are debilitated, who have risk of hypotension or who maybe more pharmacodynamically sensitive to olanzapine
The risk is greater with longer use or higher doses, but it may also occur after short-term use with low doses
No more psychosis
See more Less common Blemishes on the skin body aches or pain chills cold sweats congestion cough dry skin dryness or soreness of the throat false or unusual sense
Studies on psychotropic medications decrease, discontinuation, or switch have uncovered withdrawal syndromes
may not go away, even if you stop taking ZYPREXA
You will be watched closely for at
Images General information Storage Ingredients What is Zyprexa? Zyprexa is a prescription medicine used to treat: schizophrenia in people age 13 or older
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You may still have a resurgence of the symptoms for which you take this medication which could occur most anytime
Es posible que su médico le indique que empiece con una dosis baja de olanzapina y que aumente su dosis gradualmente
Drowsiness, dizziness, lightheadedness, stomach upset, dry mouth, constipation, increased appetite, or weight gain may occur
This can also have an affect on your mental alertness or judgment
Zyprexa is a prescription-only medication that is used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
depression, psychomotor impairment, severe hypotension (incl
At age 50, in excellent physical health, I was prescribed 10 mg paroxetine for work stress, following which I developed sexual dysfunction, emotional anesthesia, and
She is now at 2
, urinary retention, reported; discontinue therapy at firs sign of blood dyscrasias or if
Sometimes this occurs many months after stopping antipsychotics
Good communica-tion between primary and secondary care facilitates smooth withdrawal and it is helpful for patients, those involved in treat-ment and carers to have a plan in the event of relapse or other prob-lems in withdrawal
• Do not administer intravenously or subcutaneously
There are some significant adverse Common Trade Names: Zyprexa, Zydis; Adult Dosing