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What is Zyprexa® and what does it treat?

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What is Zyprexa® and what does it treat?

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Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) is an antipsychotic medication approved to treat schizophrenia, and acute mania or mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. Olanzapine can improve symptoms of schizophrenia such as: hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking; in some people, improvement in social isolation, reduced speech productivity and motivation. Olanzapine can improve symptoms of mania which include: racing thoughts, having an inflated sense of importance, an elevated mood, being impulsive, being irritable as well as a decreased need for sleep. Olanzapine has also been approved for the treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I mania.