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Phey Yee Goh1, Beatrice Huang2, Nancy Pehlivan1
1Psychiatry Registrar, NorthWestern Area Mental Health Service, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Objective::
This case report aims to highlight the challenges faced by mental health clinicians in managing complex medical and psychiatric presentation, with a particular interest in intravenous (IV) olanzapine use outside the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit setting.
Conclusion::
There is no current prescribing guideline regarding the use of IV olanzapine for acute agitation associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Most of the literature available regarding the use of IV olanzapine has originated from studies performed in the ED setting, with the majority of studies reporting a favourable efficacy and safety profile for IV olanzapine. Further research on the utilization of IV olanzapine in the general medical ward is required. Until more data is available, use of IV olanzapine in the acute arousal setting on a general medical ward remains off-label.
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