Opinions on stopping zyprexa

I have a schizophrenic patient who was on saphris doing ok but not great. He stopped it became very psychotic and was started on Invega inpatient. He was still psychotic after initial 156 mg dosage and it was upped to 234 the next dosage. A week after that dosage (because he was still psychotic) Zyprexa 5 mg was added. He then improved. He’s been on the invega 234 plus 5 of zyprexa for a few months and is doing well. He wants to taper the Zyprexa to be on monotherapy. I’m nervous about... Read more
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