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Olanzapine (oh-LAN-za-peen, sold as Zyprexa, Zydis, or in combination with fluoxetine, as Symbyax) was the third atypical antipsychotic to gain approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has become one of the most commonly used atypical antipsychotics. Olanzapine has been approved by the FDA for the treatme... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Bipolar Disorder | 1007 |
60% |
| Schizophrenia | 112 |
63% |
| Depression | 59 |
76% |
| Anxiety | 14 |
93% |
| Eating Disorders | 13 |
69% |
Overall, 63% (1265
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Zyprexa Reviews
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I take 2.5mg, any more and I sleep too much and gain too much weight
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too soon to say, but so far working great although it knocks me out and makes me eat way too much (I don't have an issue with eating too much though, but it gets me obsessed with food). Also, some of the hallucinations or still there, but different kinds...
Additionally, it seems to keep me in a mild hypo mood most of the time, and sometimes I feel I'm a step away from falling back into depression, I think I just need a dose tweaking. Besides that, I love this med!
Additionally, it seems to keep me in a mild hypo mood most of the time, and sometimes I feel I'm a step away from falling back into depression, I think I just need a dose tweaking. Besides that, I love this med!
Working / Worked
Caused hands to shake and blurry vision I went off of it and am taking Geodone which is working.
Working / Worked
This was the first medication I was put on, and my doctor bumped me down to a tiny dose, less than half a pill, because it was so strong it made my vision blurry. I hated these meds, and I wasn't on them long. Geodon worked much better for me.
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Made me feel depressed
Working / Worked
Weight gain and fatigue after taking it.
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Works to calm mania or depression but zonks me and scares me about the diabetes issues reported.
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was on it did ok for me.
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caused incontinence
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Worked great on my moods, but gained about 75 pounds over 4 years. My cholesterol shot up and I am just into the pre-diabetes range now. The health problems weren't worth it for me.
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see above for side effects
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Zyprexa is working so far
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It helped for a while, then I was prescribed something else.
Working / Worked
also helps
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I took - worked great, but I gained too much weight.
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im on zyprexa at the moment it seems to be working [More] -
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zyprexa made me gain weight other tan that was pretty good [More] -
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I've given it to some patients. They complained of shakiness and twitching. It apparently sends some people into TD pretty quickly. So watch carefully... [More] -
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I gained a lot of weight on Zyprexa and I can't say that it worked for me [More] -
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Anybody knows the side effects of Zyprexa ? [More]
