Successful intravenous lipid emulsion therapy: Olanzapine intoxication
Yeniocak, S.; Kalkan, A.; Metin, D.D.; Demirel, A.; Sut, R.; Akkoc, I.
Acute Medicine 17(2): 96-97
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4892 PMID: 29882560 Document Number: 17532
Olanzapine is an antipsychotic drug used in psychiatric diseases. At high doses it exhibits cardiovascular and neurological sideeffects in particular. Lipid emulsion therapy for the removal of medication from plasma in high-dose lipophilic drug use has recently become very widespread. In the light of current literature, this report discusses the successful treatment of a patient within 4 hrs of olanzapine overdose as an attempted suicide, who presented with agitation and clouded consciousness.
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