How should you stop taking olanzapine?
If you take 10 mg every day?
Start at 5mg for 4 weeks and then stop completely or how does it work in general?
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Olanzapine is a drug from the group of atypical antipsychotics, which is approved for the treatment of schizophrenic psychosis and manic episodes of bipolar disorders.
Olanzapine should never be placed without consultation with the doctor. Since mental illnesses often occur recurrently (in recurring strokes) or even chronically, it is often only a matter of time after decommissioning until certain symptoms of illness become noticeable again.
If the drug is not tolerated, the doctor should discuss alternatives. Today there is a relatively large selection of antipsychotics. Among them also newer drugs such as aripiprazole, cariprazine or Quetiapine.
But to your question: Olanzapine is usually slowing down. At 10 mg this means only the reduction of the dose to 5 mg for a few weeks. Then drop to 2.5mg for a few weeks and then.
Drugs are toxic