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Q: Can i take Zyprexa[bipolar medicine olanzapine] with 81 mg Asprin the asprin if for my pregnancy because?
i have antiphospolipid syndrome and its ok to take low dose asprin. so can i take zyprexa with 81mg asprin?
A: This is probably a question you should ask your pharmacist or doctor! I work in a department which is a part of a pharmacy but we are not allowed to make recommendations because we don’t know your medical history and that sort of thing and the pharmacy/doctor does…
Q: Can one diaognised with Schizophrenia continue same medicine, namely Olanzapine 10mg for seven years ?
My wife, 47 years old, physically healthy and also suffering from Diabetis (No need for insulin) is diagonised with shizophrenia and taking Olanzapine 10 mg for last seven years. she is under control and no major problem. Should she continue with this medicine or is there a need to change after so many years with same medicine?
A: I would not mess with something that appears to be working. I have a family member affected too and every time he goes off his medication (alot…) he has major problems with paranoia and hallucinations. I would suggest talking you your wifes doctor for more guidance. GOod luck
Q: Is there an alternative to the drug/medicine “Zyprexa Olanzapine”?
Is there an holistic or natural way to get the same results. I’ve been taking this medicine for a couple of weeks and was reading some possible side effects. The two that I have had are increased hunger and tremors.
A: The holistic stuff isn’t worth the bottle it’s packaged in. If you are ill enough to be prescribed zyprexa, don’t endanger yourself by eating some untested hippie herb crap.
That being said, there are many new good meds. Zyprexa has a lot of side effects, including problems with lipids and blood sugar. Ask your doctor if you are a good candidate for geodone or abilify. I really hate zyprexa, and I think in the near future it will be unused.
Also, work on making your life as routine, and even boring, as possible for a few months– this really helps. AND AVOID COFFEE, which stimulates problems, and avoid tobacco, which occupies some of the same neuro-receptors, requiring you to take a much higher dose (and risk more side effects).
Very best of luck.
Q: is olanzapine an experimental medicine?
my shrink has given it to me and i{m afraid because all the reactions it has help
A: Yes it is.
It’s a disaster.
They experimented on me and when i complained of symptoms and side effects caused by it they were not reported back to the trials which i was involved in.
The accumulative damage was disabling.
They would not help me with the withdrawal symptoms or the damage caused by the drug temporary or permanent and refused to help me recover from it.
The molecule
LSD with Receptor
This is a representation of the LSD molecule docked inside the proposed ligand recognition site of the human serotonin 5-HT2A receptor, which is one member of the large family of G-protein coupled receptors. The receptor has been modeled using bacteriorhodopsin as a template and the alpha helical backbone is represented by the yellow ribbons. The receptor view is from the outside of the membrane, and the helices are arranged in a counter-clockwise direction. The LSD molecule is green and white, and is visible on the interior of the helical bundle. It is not known exactly how ligands bind to their recognition sites in G-protein coupled receptors. However, in all the monoamine neurotransmitter receptors, there is an absolutely conserved aspartate residue about one-third of the way down helix III from the exterior of the membrane that is believed to bind to the charged amine of the transmitter molecule. In this illustration, the basic nitrogen of LSD has been oriented toward that aspartate residue. The carbonyl oxygen of the amide group in LSD is visible as the red sphere on the “top” of the LSD molecule; the interaction with the basic nitrogen of LSD occurs on the opposite side of the LSD molecule from the carbonyl oxygen. Thus, helix III is at the bottom of the figure, helices IV and V are to the right, with the carbonyl oxygen of LSD directed toward helix VI.
http://www.psymon.com/psychedelia/images/molecules.html
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/show_molecule.php?i=lsd/lsd_2d.gif
http://www.erowid.org/pharms/show_molecule.php?i=olanzapine/olanzapine_2d.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD
C17 H20 N4 S olanzapine
C20 H25 N3 O lsd
The atoms have similar rings olanzapine 41 atoms lsd 49.
The difference is LSD has oxygen in it a component considered useful to life while it lives.
The olanzapine has sulphur which the body generally puts in the urine rather than let it sneak into the brain on a psychoactive compound. The sulphur destroys the brain wherever it attaches to it. The two things its used for my the body which does not make it on its own are sulphur transferase enzigms we eliminate most of what we are unfortunate to eat and breathe the rest is used as enzigms to destroy brain chemicals. Sulphur oxydizes into only two forms sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide and neither one is good for your brain to diffuse in.
The results of the money grab experiment will be made clear if they ever count the number of deaths from pulmonary failure due to general medical decline who died of organ failure that just coincidently took the drug for years first.
The sulphur also causes the formation of prolactins which combine amino acids, proteins and heavy metals to combine in the formation of fats which is where it’s stored because the body considers it toxic and unacceptable for general metabolism and makes you fat, blimped up into a blob drowneding in your own prolactin.
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Q: My 55 year old daughter suffers from illusions of grandeur?
Her doctor prescribed Olanzapine, what type of medicine is this? and more important will it cure her?
She has no friends, due to the fact she can be very hurtful to people, what more can I do to help her.
A: That med is used for treating schizophrenia. . . no it will not cure her, but maybe tone her down a bit. . . Sorry to say there is no one who can help her. . . she has to take her meds to help herself. . .
Q: How to stop my doctor from putting me on Olanzapine (Zyprexa) ?
I’m bipolar and recently my doctor suggested replacing risperidone with Olanzapine. He warmed me very seriously that this medicine has a strong side effect of putting on weights. I refused and then he said we’ll see how the situation goes.
I googled on this topic and have a few questions to ask:
Is it true that the reason why Olanzapine guts you on weight is not only because of the increased appetite, but unlike some other anti-depressants, also prevents calories from being burnt during exercise?
I am also taking other anti-depressants such as zoloft and did get some weight gain at first until the side effect slowly fades away. But I do see many horrifying posts in here about the serious wight gain caused by Zyprexa. Why is this so different from other weight-gaining anti-depressants?
I mean I didn’t mind about the little weight gain problem caused by Zoloft because the only problem it brings is the appetite, which is easier to be resolved: I tried to control my appetite, and do high intensity exercise almost everyday…But the only thing is that Zyprexa seems to be a bit different……..
How can I convince my doctor from giving me Zyprexa? I have a family history of diabetes, is this a reason to explain why I shouldn’t take Zyprexa?
Thank you so much!
A: To be perfectly blunt, if you don’t want to take it then don’t. I would bet any decent doctor would provide alternatives (and there are some). And with a family history of diabetes (which you should say) it is more risky. But all atypical antipsychotics can cause this.
Zyprexa and other atypical antipsychotics really interact with blood sugar. The FDA mandates that the warnings of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and diabetes be listed with the drug. And both of these are major parts of metabolic syndrome. Aside from the metabolic changes, the antagonizing of histamine receptors typically causes sedation. So because the drug can be so sedating it is typically more likely to gain weight. It also has actions like an antidepressant at the 5-HT serotonin receptor, known to cause some weight gain.
So an antidepressant primarily causes weight gain via 5-HT. Zyprexa which is not an antidepressant (but it can reduce depression) acts in several other ways. Zyprexa is typically considered to cause more weight gain than any other atypical. Geodon (Ziprasidone) is typically the most weight neutral.
Q: All types of anxiety/Depression/Almost Psychosis get the same medicine, then why different diagnosis made ?
In most of the psychosis or Anxiety/depression the same single drug works then why there are many type of medicines for the same to treat. Whether anxiety phobia, social anxiety, panic attacks, depresson-SSRI,Benzodiazapine works, like wise in Schizophrenia, MDP, other functional or organic psychosis Olanzapine / Risperidone works-then why different diagnosis. Why not the lessen the number of the disorder to facilitate the treatment. As When Olanzapine/Risperidone solves many psychotic disorder, so why many other molecules are in market.Alprazolam, Diazepam, Lorazepam,Nitrazepam, then why more and more zams are coming in the market almost every day claiming their supriority over other ? Is it lmprovement or marketing by introducing more and more drugs in developing country which is a big market for them as well for trials.
A: i think you are very right on this front doc.
I was thinking on the same lines not just the drugs that you are talking about but also so many others
another thing that i’ve noticed drugs which were cheaper and available in the market have suddenly disappeared and more expensive drugs have taken their place. The drugs that have been removed are labelled as having long term side effects.. which makes me wonder if it’s really true at all!!!!
Q: Antipsychotic Medicine?
I am wondering what the actual difference is between different anti-psychotics?? For example, Olanzapine and Risperidone eg I know that they both block receptors as such, but is there any other difference?? Or can anyone recemmend a good website with the answers i need??? Thanx
A: The atypical antipsychotics (also known as second generation antipsychotics) are a group of antipsychotic drugs used to treat psychiatric conditions. Some atypical antipsychotics are FDA approved for use in the treatment of schizophrenia. Some carry FDA approved indications for acute mania, bipolar mania, psychotic agitation, bipolar maintenance, and other indications.
Atypicals are a group of unrelated drugs united by the fact that they work differently from typical antipsychotics. Most share a common attribute of working on serotonin receptors as well as dopamine receptors. One drug, amisulpride, does not have serotonergic activity. Instead it has some partial dopamine agonism. Another drug, aripiprazole, also displays some partial dopamine agonism, 5-HT1A partial agonism, and 5-HT2A antagonism.
Please note that I am not a medical professional.
Q: Zyprexa/Olanzapine question………?
My husbands Dr. (supposed to be free clinic) prescribed him Zyprexa for his Bipolar disorder and never asked for previous medical records or did any testing to confirm he is bipolar. Should she have asked for proof of bipolar history or did she do the right thing? I am not saying he isn’t bipolar because he was diagnosed years ago, but should she have tested him? Also does/can bipolar disorder go away? This was also suppose to be “free” as they put him on a sliding scale and he has no income. Now they are billing us $175 for each visit (was only three visits) and are telling him there is nothing they can do. She had originally gave him samples of the medicine to last him 6 weeks and he was suppose to see a lady to set up free prescriptions. So what do we do to get these fees waived before they go into collection? He is out of work due to a back injury from a car accident and we are struggling already. I don’t want them to put that balance in collections, when we never agreed to pay anything and was told all services would be free of charge, due to the sliding scale. We have no medical insurance unfortunately and due to these bills, we are nervous to continue any treatment. He has ran out of Zyprexa (which was helping him) and now is on no meds. He had just started the max dosage and now is quitting cold turkey. Is it bad for his health to start max dosage and then just stop without weaning off of it? Any advice or has anyone else been through this before? Thanks and any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
I appreciate your honesty. My husband has been off of it for about 2 wks now I believe. When he was taking it, our closest friends and family members (as well as myself) noticed a change for the better. Since he stopped taking it, he has been miserable and extremely up and down with his emotions. I thought that the fact he stopped cold turkey, was the reason he has changed so drastically. Today he appologized for his actions and said he doesn’t understand why he is always angry now. I don’t know what to do because I feel he needs meds and he doesn’t. Also we have no insurance and can’t afford to pay the $175/per visit. We are stuck between a rock and a hard place……..
A: I don’t know the clinic or laws for the sliding scale public health system. So, I can’t answer that part.
I can, however, tell you that suddenly stopping any sort of medication like Zyprexa can have adverse reactions. I was on Zyprexa, and it turned me in to an emotional zombie. I couldn’t feel anything. Finally, enough people said they hated the person I had become on it so I just stopped it cold turkey without really thinking it through. I had no emotions to guide me at the time. The intensity of emotions from having stopped it that I felt made me go in to a horrible emotional tail spin. I was raging one second, throwing things, cursing, having fits, and then I would just sit at the foot of my bed in fetal position crying and crying.
My case was a severe one, but the ones that doctors normally warn patients about. It’s best to wean from drugs that powerful.
Q: What time at night should i take my medicine?How will they make me feel?
Hi. Today i picked up my anti-psychotic Olanzapine(Zyprexa) from the pharmacy. I was given both 10mg and 5mg tablets. Both to be taken at night. What time at night should i take it?I just want to take them properly so i get better.Do i take it right before i go to bed or what?Thanks
Plus, how will they make me feel. Will they work right away?My Psychiatrist prescribed them last week because i was having racing thoughts, sleep problems, ontop of the world feelings, alot of energy ect?He said it sounds like Bi-polar.
A: Call your local pharmacist and ask them.
Q: OK. Advice needed on altenative medicines. Is it possible to find like for like replacements?
I am currently prescribed olanzapine 15mg, Mirtazapine 30mg, and, Zopiclone 7.5mg (as and when my insomnia gets too severe). I also have the diagnosis Borderline Personaility Disorder.
Are there any different medicinal regimes that I can approach my doctors for? I’m certainly looking for an anti-psychotic and antidepressant that do not leave me feeling as though I can eat fo Britain.
Go for it!
A: yes, there are alternatives to the medications you mentioned. yes, there are meds which are less likely to cause increased appetite/weight gain;
- fluoxetine is the antidepressant that is less likely to cause weight gain (more often it supresses appetite)
- aripiprasol, risperidone, quetiapine – are the antipsychotics that are less often associated with weight gain.
BUT(there is always a but)
- olanzapine and mirtazapine are both sedative, which means they help people sleep better (which I understand is your case); are are very few alternatives to them in that respect though and there are not the one I mentioned above (loose something, win something).
and now, something completely different: the medication you’re on are not licenced for BPD. the benefits of them are rather limited in BPD. people with personality disorders are more sentitive to any side effects.
If you want to read more on that subject: search for whatever by Peret Tyrer and/or Anthony Bateman – they have gathered results of many studies done all over the world and… haven’t found anything clear enough to recommend any medication for BPD! their findings are theoretical and not always supported by appropriate clinical trials.
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2004), vol. 10, 389–398
Drug treatment for personality disorders
Peter Tyrer & Anthony W. Bateman
Q: I went to my OB/gyn and I have postpartum psychosis….?
I went to my doctor today and the diagnosed me. I have to go on a medicine called Olanzapine and I can’t dance for at least a month. They actually wanted to hospitalize me because I cut my wrists a TINY bit, but my dad said he wanted me home…
Does anyone suffer or know someone who suffers from this? Am I crazy? I feel out of control, I just want it to end…
My mom decided to come home WITH the baby, which really makes me mad, plus I have to miss school. I feel so horrid right now!
No my mom is coming home, so I have to be NEAR The child..She was suppose to leave for three weeks!
A: It’s good you’ve gotten help. Give the medication a little time to work. It may take weeks.
You’re not “crazy,” it can happen to any new mom. I had severe PPD bordering on PPP.
This may explain why you feel so distant from your baby.
I don’t think it’s right that you’ve been told you can’t dance for a month. You need an outlet. I think you should dance, anyway.
I hope you feel better. I know you will. Hang in there.
Q: Whether heomopathic treatment set right the imbalance of neurochemicals of serotonin and dopamine depression?
My son having depression for last one month and undergoing alopathy treatment of cipralex – resperine – olanzapine tablets and setting right the imbalance of neuro chemicals serotonin , due to which he could not speak and sitting looking down only. Kindly advise me whether in heomopathic treatment this can be cured? I have taken heomopathic medicines for two weeks but result could not be ontained and ultimately selected to go for alopathy.
A: I am a Homeopath ! Homeopathy does not needs the name of the disease or the doctors diagnosis ! It needs to know exactly how and what the patient feels what things make him feel better and what worse and what are the possible cause of it, Homeopathy treats the patient not the disease so if you need a Homeopathic treatment for your son you need to explain his conditions as close to reality as you can even the minutest thing can make a difference in finding the right remedy for the patient.
Take care and God Bless
Q: A Brain Tumour problem, can anyone help?
A friend I am caring for has Glioblasto Multiforme, which is hugely aggressive – he has had 6 weeks of Radio Therapy, we have recently finished with the steroids and have only a mood leveling pill Olanzapine. He has recently taken to his bed, it is winter here in New Zealand. he slept alot, stopped eating and drinking, I could not get him to take his medicine, he has thrush on his tongue because of lack of food and water etc, does anyone know of certain recipes of foods which may be appetising to a cancer patient? The tumour he has is on the Left Temporal lobe – this part of your brain is responsible for movement, emotions and logic & reasoning, his mental state regresses to one of a 10 year old child at times? Please can anyone help? Please feel free to share your experiences…
A: My wife had brain tumors and much of the treatments that you described. The thrush is from the radiation treatments as I recall. Her appetite went to nothing. She had to be tube fed for the last 14 months of her life. At the end she was only consuming one can per day of the feeding solution. She should have been consuming six cans for normal nutrition.
I suspect that he is aware of his condition and aware of his prognosis. His unwillingness to take part in his own treatment is actually his intention. I think that he has accepted that he is going to die and soon. I cried when my wife resisted eating. I was selfish. I wanted her to stay alive as long as possible, but life for her was unbearable agony.
Be his friend. Make sure that you tell him how you feel about him, regret is timeless. I am very glad that I told my wife how much I loved her and why. God bless you both and good luck.
Q: IS this doctor crazy???
well he prescripted me 5 imipramine pills (20mg each one) and a half pill of olanzapine, I insisted that im not depressed, and even if I was that medicine is going to ruin my life doestn it? Right now im takin 1mg of clonazepam and im feeling fine and this medicine doesnt have any risks( besides the addiction) I dont want to take those pills but I dont know what to do… what should I do?
Yes, I accept it im a Drugdependent, still, I dont think this prescription is the one that my health needs it just doesnt fit in my ANXIETY problem, cuz im not depressed…
A: Sometimes our Doctors can see something we don’t that’s what they are there for, so you might not think you are depressed but there are different forms of depression. Have this discussion with your Doctor tell him you don’t feel depressed and why did you prescripted these medicines? Good Luck.
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