País: Australia
Idioma: inglés
Fuente: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Olanzapine benzoate
Generic Health Pty Ltd
Medicine Registered
121019 Olanzapine generic health CMI _vs 3_clean RD: 07/2012 1/9 CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION OLANZAPINE GENERICHEALTH TABLETS _Olanzapine benzoate_ WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet is designed to provide you with answers to some common questions about this medicine. It does not contain all the available information and does not take the place of talking with your doctor. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has more information about this medicine than is contained in this leaflet. Also, your doctor has had the benefit of taking a full and detailed history from you and is in the best position to make an expert judgement to meet your individual needs. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THIS MEDICINE. YOU MAY NEED TO READ IT AGAIN. WHAT OLANZAPINE GENERICHEALTH IS USED FOR Olanzapine generichealth is used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia and related psychoses. Olanzapine generichealth alone, or in combination with lithium or valproate, is used for the short-term treatment of acute manic episodes associated with Bipolar I Disorder. Olanzapine generichealth is also a mood stabiliser that prevents further occurrences of the disabling high and low (depressed) extremes of mood associated with Bipolar I Disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness with disturbances in thinking, feelings and behaviour. Bipolar I Disorder is a mental illness with symptoms such as feeling "high", having excessive amounts of energy, needing much less sleep than usual, talking very quickly with racing ideas and sometimes severe irritability. Olanzapine belongs to a group of medicines called antipsychotics. It helps to correct chemical imbalances in the brain, which may cause mental illness. Your doctor ma Leer el documento completo
PRODUCT INFORMATION Olanzapine generichealth _Olanzapine benzoate_ NAME OF MEDICINE The chemical name for olanzapine is 2-methyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10H-thieno [2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepine benzoate. Olanzapine is a yellow crystalline powder that is practically insoluble in water with a molecular weight of 312.44. Its structural formula is: C 17 H 20 N 4 S.C 7 H 6 O 2 Molecular Weight: 434.56 CAS number 861452-88-2 DESCRIPTION The active ingredient in Olanzapine generichealth is olanzapine benzoate. Olanzapine generichealth also contains the excipients: calcium hydrogen phosphate, cellulose microcrystalline, sodium starch glycollate type A and magnesium stearate. PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACODYNAMICS Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic, antimanic and mood stabilising agent that demonstrates a broad pharmacological profile across a number of receptor systems. In preclinical studies, olanzapine exhibited a range of receptor affinities (Ki; < 100 nmol) for serotonin 5HT 2A/2C , 5HT 3 , 5HT 6 ; dopamine D 1 , D 2 , D 3 , D 4 , D 5 ; cholinergic muscarinic receptors m 1 - m 5 ; alpha 1 adrenergic; and histamine H 1 receptors. Animal behavioural studies with olanzapine indicated 5HT, dopamine and cholinergic antagonism, consistent with the receptor binding profile. Olanzapine OLANZAPINE GENERICHEALTH _Generic Health Pty Ltd_ _Product Information_ 2 demonstrated a greater _in-vitro _affinity for serotonin 5HT 2 than dopamine D 2 receptors and in in-vivo models, greater 5HT 2 than D 2 activity. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated that olanzapine selectively reduced the firing of mesolimbic (A10) dopaminergic neurons, while having little effect on the striatal (A9) pathways involved in motor function. Olanzapine reduced a conditioned avoidance response, a test indicative of antipsychotic activity, at doses below those producing Leer el documento completo