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Psychiatry • Public & Community Psychiatry • General Outpatient Psychiatry • Psychotic Disorders • Bipolar Disorders • Psychopharmacology
When do you consider using olanzapine/samidorphan?
In which patients would you consider it? What information do you highlight in the informed consent process? Have you found it effective for mitigating olanzapine-related weight gain?
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I prefer to use olanzapine/samidorphan combo in mildly obese patients when I decide to start olanzapine, and the patient does not have the info and skills yet to work on self-care. Unfortunately, there is still some weight gain on this combo, but at least not the usual 20-30 or even more in olanzapi...
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