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Use of olanzapine 10 mg and lorazepam 1m
Recently my father visit to psychiatry clinic yesterday for problem of aggression and do unnecessory things and change behaviour quarrelsome person and doctor gives medicine of DIVASTO OD-500 ,Olanzapine 10mg ,Lorazepam 1mg and today my father took first dose of olanzapine 10 mg and Lorazepam 1mg and after that he is very sleepy and do not wake up ,he is uncoforatble with lots of sleepy .
respected doctors please reply i am worried about it
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The initial dose appears high. Consult your psychiatrist and get it reduced. Good luck.
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Dr. Rahul Latke
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7 yrs exp
Mumbai
Olanzapine and Lorazepam both are medicines which have the side effect of causing excess drowsiness and sleep. If the problem does not reduce in the next 2-3 days, kindly re-consult your psychiatrist and ask them if the dose can be altered
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