Orally disintegrating olanzapine review: Effectiveness, patient preference, adherence, and other properties

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-125

  Montgomery, William ^a   Treuer, Tamas ^b   Karagianis, Jamie ^b   Ascher Svanum, Haya ^b   Harrison, Gavan ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical antipsychotics; Bipolar disorder; Olanzapine; Orally disintegrating; Orodispersible formulation; Patient adherence; Preference; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGITATION; APPETITE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COATING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSOMNIA; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TABLET DISINTEGRATION; TABLET FORMULATION; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84857088702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S27344     Document Type: Review

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