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Below are Zyprexa (Olanzapine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Zyprexa has an overall score of 6.50. The effectiveness score is 9 and the side effect score is 7. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Zyprexa review by care giver of 81 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | agitation management r/t Lewy Body Syndrome Demen |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20mg taken x1 / daily for the period of 5 years |
| Other conditions: | | B/P ,Diabetes, obesity, SVT's,osteoporosis |
| Other drugs taken: | | ASA, Cardia, Fosamax, glyburide,Lorazepam, Metformin, Namenda,Razadyne, Simvastatin, Zetia, Plavix | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The Zyprexa minimized agitative outbursts |
| Side effects: | | The pt developed severe "gait freezing" , gait shuffling, severe muscle weakness, and gereral stupor |
| Comments: | | Since many of these s/s are also s/s of the disease-Lewy Body Syndrome Demenia, it took research and experimentation by me and the MD to realize that it was the med adn not the disease in this case. The pt has been taken off the drug and no longer has these pronounced s/s. |
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| | Zyprexa review by 20 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken every night for the period of six years |
| Other conditions: | | anorexia nervosa |
| Other drugs taken: | | Lamictal, birth control (Jolessa) | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Went from severely depressed before starting the medication to almost entirely free of depression a week after starting the medication; helped with insomnia. |
| Side effects: | | drowsiness in the beginning, but I quickly got used to it. |
| Comments: | | I entered a hospuital six years ago for suicidality; I wasn't sleeping, I wasn't eating (I had anorexia nervosa), and I was extremely depressed. I started taking 10mg of Zyprexa the first night I was there. I was really drowsy all the next day, but it waned over a few days (now it doesn't affect my energy level at all.) In about a week, my depression just lifted. This medicine has worked miracles for me- I've been depression-free since starting it- and I wouldn't go off it for any reason. |
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