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Mar 30, 2011
Zyprexa has a BLACK BOX WARNING FOR DEMENTIA. You can read about it on the FDA web site
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The main thing to know when it comes to drug side effects: Your Mileage May Vary.
My mom and I can't take statins, she had hallucinations on Cymbalta and got horribly cranky on Namenda, and reacted extremely badly to metformin and to Actos. She's doing great on Januvia though, and tolerates Neurontin and Sinemet (the dose has to be just right though) that the docs were initially afraid of trying. We use daily doses of sugar free chocolates for an antidepressant effect instead of an SSRI for mom now.
And some things that are safe for 99% of the world and sold OTC will make the other 1% extremely confused, agitated, or ill - even Motrin or Ranitidine.
Sometimes all you can do is try something, and be prepared to quit if it does not agree with you. Make sure your docs are like minded on that and don't insist that side effects aren't occurring even though they are well known and straight out of the PDR or RxList. It helps to have docs who have to take meds themselves for something.
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