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What is Olanzapine?

Olanzapine is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia. It is also used to treat bipolar disorder. Olanzapine is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. It works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bipolar Disorder 71 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 60 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 21 1 Efficacy_moderate
Mania 20 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Anxious mood 20 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Bipolar I Disorder 14 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 156 patients currently taking Olanzapine

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Olanzapine. See all 21 dosages ►

  5mg as needed 10mg as needed 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 27 Number of Patients: 27 39 Number of Patients: 39 10 Number of Patients: 10 34 Number of Patients: 34 15 Number of Patients: 15 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Olanzapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 81   Side effects too severe: 62%
Doctor's advice 34   Doctor's advice: 26%
Did not seem to work 30   Did not seem to work: 23%
Other 16   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 13   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Personal research 9   Personal research: 7%
Expense 4   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 126 patients who’ve stopped taking Olanzapine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Olanzapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Olanzapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Olanzapine

Always
 47 68%
Usually
 14 20%
Sometimes
 5 7%
Never
 3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Olanzapine

Very
 8 12%
Somewhat
 13 19%
A little
 10 14%
Not at all
 38 55%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Olanzapine

$200+
 4 11%
$100-199
 2 6%
$50-99
 4 11%
$25-49
 5 14%
< $25
 21 58%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.