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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

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Depression
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Overall, 63% (1678 Members) find Zyprexa helpful
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Zyprexa Reviews

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again bad side effects
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Does seem to help especially the sleep cycle, more stable. Makes her sleep well at night. Severe weight gain.
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Was on long term about 5 years ago. Helped at the time. Was too scaed to go off for a long time.
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Took the voices away!!! But not totally, I still have them when I get overly excited or stressed. I actually lost weight on Zyprexa whereas lots of people gained weight on it.
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Working. Currently on 20mg daily
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on it now, may have added to lactation issue, makes me feel like a zombie - sleepy, drooling. bad.
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A lot of weight gain, some sleep problems, but was very helpful otherwise
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my dr took me off for fear of weight gain.
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I have tried taking this drug. It made me suicidal ad I had to be hospitalized again and yanked off of it immediately.not good at all
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Zyprexa helped immensely with the free floating anxiety, the paranoia, the psychotic symptoms, overall made me a socially capable person. Great medication and worth totally worth the side effects. Just exercise a lot.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: Zyprexa
    I gained a lot of weight on zyprexa. [More]
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    Anybody take zyprexa to sleep? Does it help? [More]
  3. Discussion: Zyprexa?
    im on zyprexa at the moment it seems to be working [More]
  4. Discussion: Zyprexa
    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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    Anybody knows the side effects of Zyprexa ? [More]

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