TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - Acute olanzapine overdose JO - Human psychopharmacology A1 - Dobrusin, M. A1 - Lokshin, P. A1 - Belmaker, R.H. SP - 355 EP - 356 VL - 14 IS - 5 N2 - Olanzapine, a thiobenzodiazepine derivate, is a recently released novel antipsychotic medication. The authors report the first case of overdose of olanzapine in an apparent suicide attempt. A 38-year-old schizophrenic patient was brought to a hospital emergency room following the ingestion of 12 10-mg tablets of olanzapine. There were no serious clinical adverse effects.

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LA - en SN - 0885-6222 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199907)14:5<355::AID-HUP103>3.0.CO;2-Y ID - ref1 ER -