Olanzapine is a thienobenzodiazepine classified as an atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent. The second-generation antipsychotics were introduced in the 90s and quickly gained traction due to their impressive efficacy, reduced risk for extrapyramidal side effects and reduced susceptibility to drug-drug interactions. Olanzapine very closely resemb...
Olanzapine was initially used orally and intramuscularly for the chronic treatment of schizophrenia in patients over 13 years old and other psychiatric disorders such as bipolar I disorder including mixed or manic episodes.
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Department of Psychiatry, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Unc Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Weill Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, New York, United States
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, United States
Klinikum Bremen-Ost gGmbH, Bremen, Germany
Rheinische Kliniken Düsseldorf der Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
Privat-Nerven-Klinik Dr. med. Kurt Fontheim, Liebenburg, Germany
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
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