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Olanzapine is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and mania. During the use of the drug, if any side effects appear on the body, please inform your doctor or pharmacist. If the case is too serious, take the patient to the nearest medical facility for timely treatment.1. What is Olanzapine 5mg?
Olanzapine 5mg brand name drug is an atypical sedative. The drug has many pharmacological properties that are different from typical antipsychotics, such as less extrapyramidal symptoms, less prolactin secretion, and less tardive dyskinesia with long-term treatment.
The mechanism of action of Olanzapine 5mg is also very complex and not completely clear.
2. Indications for use of Olanzapine drugs
Olanzapine 5mg drug is indicated in the following cases:
Treatment of schizophrenia: When treatment with Olanzapine 5mg drug will help maintain clinical improvement in patients who have responded to the first treatment. first value. Treatment of moderate and severe manic episodes: For patients whose manic episodes respond well to treatment with olanzapine, it is indicated for relapse prevention in subjects with bipolar disorder. .
3. Instructions for using Olanzapine
Olanzapine is a prescription drug, used as directed by your doctor. The dose should be carefully individualized and the lowest effective dose initiated. The dose of Olanzapine 5mg should be gradually increased and divided into several times a day to minimize unwanted effects.
How to use Olanzapine:
With tablets: The drug can be taken with or without meals. In case half of the dispersible tablet is used, the rest of the tablet must be discarded and not used again. If you take the medicine for prolonged drowsiness, you can take it at night before going to bed. For intramuscular injection, the medical staff will dissolve Olanzapine 5mg with distilled water for injection, which needs to be used within 1 hour after dissolving the drug.
4. Olanzapine 5mg . side effects
Common side effects when using Olanzapine 5mg are:
Central nervous system: The drug can make you somnolent or insomnia, extrapyramidal syndrome, dizziness, fever, forgetfulness, mania. Gastrointestinal disorders: Indigestion, constipation, increased appetite, dry mouth, nausea or vomiting. Side effects on the liver: Increased ALT. Musculoskeletal: Muscle weakness, tremors, and falls are common in the elderly. Cardiovascular: Hypotension, tachycardia, peripheral edema, chest pain. Skin: There is a stinging, burning sensation. Local: Pain at the injection site. Endocrine, metabolic: There are signs of hypercholesterolemia, blood prolactin and blood sugar; urinary tract bleeding. Eyes: Patients may have impaired vision, conjunctivitis. If you experience any side effects while taking Olanzapine 5mg, please inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately. In severe cases, go to the nearest medical facility for timely treatment.
5. Drug interactions when taking Olanzapine 5mg
Olanzapine 5mg should not be combined with:
Levomethadyl, Metoclopramide. Central nervous system depressants. CYP450 inhibitors. Dopamine, adrenaline and other sympathomimetic drugs on beta receptors. CYP450 inducers such as Phenobarbital, Phenytoin, Omeprazol or Nicotine. Olanzapine 5mg drug increases the effect and toxicity of anticholinergic drugs, antihypertensive drugs and reduces the effect and toxicity of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary drug interactions, patients should inform the doctor about the drugs and supplements they are using.
Olanzapine 5mg is an antipsychotic. The drug is indicated in the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or mania. All the above information is for reference only, you need to take the medicine exactly as directed by your doctor to ensure your health.
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