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Olanzapine treatment of eight adolescent patients with psychosis

✍ Scribed by Eyup Sabri Ercan; Ayşe Kutlu; Azmi Varan; Sibel Çikoğlu; Hakan Coşkunol; Erhan Bayraktar

Book ID
102262775
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
47 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6222

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Abstract

Although olanzapine is known as a widely used atypical antipsychotic there have been very few studies about its use in children and adolescents. Eight adolescent patients who were diagnosed as having schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, and treated with olanzapine are reported in this case series. The patients were followed‐up for 17.5 weeks in the range 4–26 weeks. According to the CGI improvement assessment at the end of the follow‐up period, three of eight cases were rated as very much or much improved, three as minimally improved and two as not improved. Olanzapine was well tolerated by the adolescents in this case series except for weight gain. Our results suggest that olanzapine may be an effective antipsychotic for some psychotic adolescents and during olanzapine trials weight gain. Should be monitored. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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