Olanzapine associated peripheral edema: a case report
N Atasoy, Elif Karaahmet, N Konuk, L Atik, Ayten ErdoGan
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): N Atasoy, Elif Karaahmet, N Konuk, L Atik, Ayten ErdoGan | Yıl: 2008 — Özet: Peripheral edema is most commonly associated with multiple medical etiologies and drugs including nonsteroidal anti-inflamatory, antihypertensives, steroids, and immunosuppresive agents. The atypic
Peripheral edema is most commonly associated with multiple medical etiologies and drugs including nonsteroidal anti-inflamatory, antihypertensives, steroids, and immunosuppresive agents. The atypical antipsychotic olanzapine is rarely related with peripheral edema. However relationship of olanzapine and edema remains as a hypothesis. In this case report a peripheral edema developing shortly after initiation of treatment in a patient with schizophrenia is reported and theoretical explanations of this phenomenon are discussed.