{"id":7807,"date":"2016-12-03T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=7807"},"modified":"2016-12-03T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T07:52:04","slug":"extended-release-olanzapine-zyprexa-relprevv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/extended-release-olanzapine-zyprexa-relprevv\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended Release Olanzapine (Zyprexa Relprevv\u00ae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Extended Release\u00a0Olanzapine (Zyprexa Relprevv\u00ae) is a long-acting, second-generation (atypical), injectable antipsychotic. Here is basic information about this medication.<\/p>\n<h4>FDA-approved indications<\/h4>\n<p>Schizophrenia<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage<\/h4>\n<p>Recommended dosing of extended release olanzapine based\u00a0on correspondence to oral\u00a0olanzapine doses<\/p>\n<p>A. First 8 weeks of treatment<br \/>\na) Target oral dose 10 mg\/day: 210 mg\/2 weeks or 405 mg\/4 weeks<br \/>\nb) Target oral dose 15 mg\/day: 300 mg\/2 weeks<br \/>\nc) Target oral dose 20 mg\/day: 300 mg\/2 weeks<\/p>\n<p>B. Maintenance dose after 8 weeks<br \/>\na) Target oral dose 10 mg\/day: 150 mg\/2 weeks or 300 mg\/4 weeks<br \/>\nb) Target oral dose 15 mg\/day: 210 mg\/2 weeks or 405 mg\/4 weeks<br \/>\nc) Target oral dose 20 mg\/day: 300 mg\/2 weeks<\/p>\n<p>Note: Zyprexa Relprevv is not approved for the treatment of dementia related psychosis in elderly due to increased risk of death and cerebrovascular accidents.<\/p>\n<p>General Instructions<\/p>\n<p>1. Zyprexa Relprevv\u00ae is intended for deep intramuscular gluteal injection only and should not be administered intravenously or subcutaneously.<br \/>\n2. Establish tolerability with oral olanzapine prior to initiating treatment.<br \/>\n3. Must be suspended only in the diluent provided in the convenience kit.<br \/>\n4. Use in specific populations (including renal and hepatic impaired, and pediatric population) has not been studied.<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to Prescribing Information (see link below) for complete discussion of dosage, administration, warnings and precautions, contraindications, etc.<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage forms and strengths<\/h4>\n<p>Powder for suspension (for IM use only): 210 mg\/vial, 300 mg\/vial, and 405 mg\/vial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extended Release\u00a0Olanzapine (Zyprexa Relprevv\u00ae) is a long-acting, second-generation (atypical), injectable antipsychotic. Here is basic information about this medication. FDA-approved indications Schizophrenia Dosage Recommended dosing of extended release olanzapine based\u00a0on correspondence to oral\u00a0olanzapine doses A. First 8 weeks of treatment a) Target oral dose 10 mg\/day: 210 mg\/2 weeks or 405 mg\/4 weeks b) Target oral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,7,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-152","category-7","category-151","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7808,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7807\/revisions\/7808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}