Antipsychotic adjunctive therapy to mood stabiliser should be continued for 6months after remission of a manic episode
One hundred and seventy-eight patients from academic centres in Canada and Brazil with bipolar I disorder and aged ≥17 years, who recently remitted from an acute manic or mixed episode with a combination of mood stabiliser (lithium or valproate) and atypical antipsychotic (risperidone or olanzapine) were randomised to one of the three following groups: (1) discontinue risperidone or olanzapine over 2 weeks beg inning on the day of randomisation and receive placebo substitution for the remaining 50 weeks; (2) receive risperidone or olanzapine for 24 weeks, followed by tapering and discontinuation of the antipsychotic over...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delpor Awarded NIH Grant for 3-month Olanzapine Implant for the...
The NIMH funds Delpor’s efforts to utilize its PROZOR™ technology in developing a matchstick-size subcutaneous implant device capable of delivering olanzapine for 3 months through passive diffusion....(PRWeb February 24, 2017)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/02/prweb14088705.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Symbyax (Olanzapine and fluoxetine) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - January 23, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Patient with 108-Degree Fever Shows Seriousness of Early Recognition & Treatment of Hyperthermia
Medic 35 is dispatched to a local subdivision for an obese 62-year-old woman with syncope. The responding unit is a fire-based ALS unit staffed by two paramedics.
Patient Assessment
It's approximately 2:30 p.m., with outside temperatures reaching 95 degrees F and the humidity is at 65%.The patient is lying in the grass next to a picnic blanket and paper plates with half eaten sandwiches. Her husband crouches over her. He says his wife started to complain she felt unwell, and then passed out.
Upon evaluation, she's unresponsive to sternal rub. Her airway is patent. Her breaths are rapid and shallow with rales bilaterally. H...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Christine M. Brent, MD Tags: Patient Care Source Type: news
Zyprexa, Zyprexa Zydis (Olanzapine) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - September 8, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Olanzapine for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
This study is highlighted by DynaMed Plus as a Practice Changing Update. It concludes that the addition of olanzapine 10 mg to 3-drug antiemetic regimen may reduce nausea in patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sanford Health trial finds new treatment to stop vomiting in chemotherapy
A clinical researched co-authored by Sanford Health oncologist and cancer researcher Steven Powell has found that the drug olanzapine has potential to reduce chemotherapy-induced side effects such as nausea and vomiting. (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - July 20, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Olanzapine Prevents Chemo-Induced Nausea
Adding the antipsychotic drug olanzapine to a standard antiemetic regimen significantly improved prevention of nausea caused by emetogenic chemotherapy. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - July 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Anna Azvolinsky Tags: Nausea and Vomiting News Source Type: news
Zyprexa Prevents Chemo Nausea (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Randomized trial findings support previous studies (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 15, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Olanzapine for Prevention of Chemo-induced Nausea and VomitingOlanzapine for Prevention of Chemo-induced Nausea and Vomiting
Adding the antipsychotic to standard antiemetic therapy appears to greatly reduce vomiting and nausea in patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - July 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Olanzapine 'Really Makes a Difference' in CINVOlanzapine 'Really Makes a Difference' in CINV
Adding the antipsychotic to standard antiemetic therapy appears to greatly reduce vomiting and nausea in patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - July 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Antipsychotic drug also relieves nausea from cancer chemotherapy
(Reuters Health) - Adding the cheap antipsychotic drug olanzapine to conventional anti-vomiting medicine can help prevent nausea in cancer patients, according to a new test of 380 volunteers. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
La FDA advierte de reacciones de la piel poco comunes, pero graves con el uso del psicofármaco olanzapina (Zyprexa, Zyprexa Zydis, Zyprexa Relprevv y Symbyax)
[05-10-2016] La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) advierte que el fármaco antipsicótico olanzapina puede causar una reacción cutánea poco común, pero grave, que puede avanzar y afectar otras partes del cuerpo. Estamos añadiendo una nueva advertencia a la etiqueta de información farmacológica de todos los productos que contienen olanzapina, la cual describe esta grave afección conocida como síndrome de hipersensibilidad a medicamentos con eosinofilia y síntomas sistémicos (DRESS, por sus siglas en inglés). (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation a...
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - June 7, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
FDA: Olanzapine can cause serious skin reaction
Olanzapine can cause a rare but serious skin reaction that can affect other parts of the body, according to a Food and Drug Administration safety alert released May 10.
The condition linked to all products containing the second-generation antipsychotic is called Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - May 11, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
FDA: Olanzapine can cause serious skin reaction
Olanzapine can cause a rare but serious skin reaction that can affect other parts of the body, according to a Food and Drug Administration safety alert released May 10.
The condition linked to all... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - May 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
