Twitter Google Share on Facebook olanzapine Medical Wikipedia o·lan·za·pine (ə-lăn′zə-pēn′) n. A psychotropic drug, C17H20N4S, used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and acute psychosis. [olan-,origin unknown+ alteration of(dia)zepine,seven-member ring containing two nit...
QT Prolongation, Torsades de Pointes, and Psychotropic Medications: A 5-Year Update Scott R.BeachM.D., ...Jeff C.HuffmanM.D., inPsychosomatics, 2018 Olanzapine Since our initial publication, studies ofolanzapinecontinue to suggest that this medication prolongs QT to a mild to moderate degree,...
and for bipolar I disorder, pediatric patients may have variable patterns of periodicity of manic or mixed symptoms. It isrecommended that medication therapy for pediatric schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder be initiated
and for bipolar I disorder, pediatric patients may have variable patterns of periodicity of manic or mixed symptoms. It isrecommended that medication therapy for pediatric schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder be initiated
Use of psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 2015;445:1-28 [PubMed: 26344706] 5. Ambresin G, Berney P, Schulz P, et al. Olanzapine excretion into breast milk: A case report. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2004;24:93-5 [PubMed: 14709955] 6. Croke ...
Olanzapine has been the most commonly studied psychotropic medication for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). At present, only 1 double-blind placebo-controlled trial in this population has been published. Kafantaris and colleagues8examined olanzapine in 20 underweight adolescents being ...
The use of certain psychotropic medications can be associated with serious ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. In this article, the authors use the QTc value in a patient treated with olanzapine for psychotic depression to highlight the challenges in balancing psychotropic medication against...
Olanzapine, a novel atypical antipsychotic drug, has been demonstrated in several placebo-controlled trials to possess acute antimanic effects through either monotherapy or combi- nation with other psychotropic agents.6–8 Further studies have assessed the antimanic effects of olanzapine in comparison ...
Patterns of concomitant psychotropic medication use during a 2-year study comparing clozapine and olanzapine for the prevention of suicidal behavior. BACKGROUND: Results from the International Suicide Prevention Trial (InterSePT) indicate that clozapine is more effective than olanzapine in reducing suici....
Psychometric properties of the Psychotropic-Related Sexual Dysfunction Questionnaire (PRSexDQ-SALSEX) in patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic di... Sexual dysfunction is a disturbing and often underrecognized problem associated with schizophrenia and its treatment. The Psychotropic-Related Sexual ...