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US Brand Name: Zyprexa A link here will take you to the official website for the drug. Other Brand Names: Dozic
(Colombia) Generic Name: olanzapine What is Zyprexa:
Zyprexa is an Antipsychotic, specifically an atypical antipsychotic Other Forms: Orally disintegrating tablets (Zydis), intramuscular injection. Mixed with Prozac (fluoxetine) to form Symbyax. What are the FDA Approved Uses of Zyprexa. Zyprexa is approved to treat:
What are Some of the Off-Label Uses of Zyprexa. Additionally Zyprexa is also prescribed to treat:
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Zyprexa's pros and cons:
Pros: There is no better medication if you or a loved one are in some kind of mental health crisis! Seriously, if someone is flipping out due to schizophrenia, some form of bipolar mania or several other flip-outs, Zyprexa (olanzapine) is just the thing to calm them the hell down right now and let them think straight about long-term treatment options. Maybe it will be part of their long-term med cocktail, maybe not, but until you can think straight in the first place, you can't make any long-term decisions. Fast-acting and effective, it's great to have in the medicine cabinet for bipolar emergencies. When combined with the right antidepressant, it could be just the thing to conquer that treatment-resistant depression that nothing else will deal with.
Cons: Along with Effexor (venlafaxine) and Depakote (divalproex sodium) this is a med that everyone loves to hate. You'll gain five pounds (two kilograms) just by filling the prescription. You'll sleep 10-16 hours a day. You won't care about anything. You might come down with type 2 diabetes. But all of these things are probably going to be issues if you take Zyprexa (olanzapine) at medium-to-high dosages for a long time. Except for the sleeping and not caring, you'll feel like that the first time you take the med, but those eventually wear off. Usually.
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Dead tree references:
Instant Psychopharmacology 2nd Edition Ronald J. Diamond M.D. © 2002. Published by W.W. Norton
Essential Psychopharmacology Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph. D. © 2000. Published by Cambridge University Press
A Primer of Drug Action Robert M. Julien, M.D., Ph. D. © 2001. We use the Ninth Edition. Sometimes that comes up on an Amazon search, usually it doesn't. Published by Worth Publishers
Physicians' Desk Reference Editions 53 & 56 Maria Deutsch & Anu Gupta, Drug Information Specialists, et al. © 1999, 2002. Published by Medical Economics Company.
The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs Edward Drummond, M.D. © 2000. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mosby's 2004 Drug Guide David Nissen PharmD, Editor.© 2004. An imprint of Elsevier. The edition we're using isn't listed on Amazon.
End of books used for this article.
Created Friday, December 26, 2003
Last updated Monday, May 24, 2010
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