Weight Changes During Treatment With Olanzapine in Older Adult Patients With Dementia and Behavioral Disturbances

Treatment-emergent weight gain has been reported in younger patients receiving atypical antipsychotics, but less is known about weight gain in adults aged 65 years and older. This was a post hoc analysis of 1267 patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances treated with olanzapine (1 to 20 mg/d...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2007-06, Vol.20 (2), p.107-114
Hauptverfasser:	Lipkovich, Ilya, Ahl, Jonna, Nichols, Russell, Hardy, Thomas, Poole Hoffmann, Vicki
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis Alzheimer Disease - drug therapy Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use Benzodiazepines - adverse effects Benzodiazepines - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Body weight Body Weight - drug effects Clinical Trials as Topic Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Dementia Dosage and administration Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug therapy Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Geriatrics Humans Medical sciences Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - drug therapy Neurology Olanzapine Physiological aspects Product Surveillance, Postmarketing Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Treatment-emergent weight gain has been reported in younger patients receiving atypical antipsychotics, but less is known about weight gain in adults aged 65 years and older. This was a post hoc analysis of 1267 patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances treated with olanzapine (1 to 20 mg/d) in clinical trials, most of whom were underweight (body mass index
ISSN:	0891-9887 1552-5708
DOI:	10.1177/0891988706298629