Țară: Australia
Limbă: engleză
Sursă: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Olanzapine
Actavis Pty Ltd
Medicine Registered
OLANZAPINE-GA & OLANZAPINE-GA ODT _Olanzapine film coated tablets and orally disintegrating tablets _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION 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 to 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-GA IS USED FOR Olanzapine-GA is used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia and related psychoses. Olanzpaine- GA 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-GA 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-GA belongs to a group of medicines called antipsychotics. It helps to correct chemical imbalances in the brain, which may cause mental illness. Your doctor may have prescribed Olanzapine-GA for another reason. ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY Citiți documentul complet
Olanzapine-GA PI v3 Page 1 of 18 OLANZAPINE-GA & OLANZAPINE-GA ODT _(olanzapine) _ PRODUCT INFORMATION NAME OF THE MEDICINE OLANZAPINE-GA olanzapine film coated tablets OLANZAPINE-GA ODT olanzapine orally disintegrating tablets Olanzapine is a yellow crystalline solid, practically insoluble in water Chemical name: 2-methyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10_H_-thieno[2,3-_b_] [1,5]benzodiazepine Empirical formula: C 17 H 20 N 4 DESCRIPTION S Molecular weight: 321.44 CAS number: 132539-06-1. Structure: OLANZAPINE-GA film coated tablets: Olanzapine-GA tablets are film coated tablets for oral administration. The active ingredient is olanzapine. The inactive ingredients are: lactose, hydroxypropylcellulose, crospovidone, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate and purified talc. The film coatings used are as follows: Opadry AMB complete film coating system OY-B-28920 White (ARPING 4271) consisting of; part hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, purified talc, lecithin (soya), xanthan gum – all strengths Opadry AMB aqueous moisture barrier coating system 80W26503 Grey (ARPING 107459) consisting of; part hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, purified talc, lecithin (soya), Indigo carmine aluminium lake, iron oxide yellow, xanthan gum, iron oxide black – 15mg only Opadry AMB aqueous moisture barrier coating system 80W24003 Pink (ARPING 107460) consisting of; part hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, purified talc, lecithin (soya), iron oxide red, xanthan gum, iron oxide yellow, iron oxide black – 20mg only OLANZAPINE-GA ODT orally disintegrating tablets: Olanzapine-GA ODT are orally disintegrating tablets for oral administration. The active ingredient is olanzapine. The inactive ingredients Citiți documentul complet