[Hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis associated with olanzapine]

D Von Hayek; V Hüttl; J Reiss; H D Schweiger; H S Füessl

doi:10.1007/s001150050520

[Hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis associated with olanzapine]

Nervenarzt. 1999 Sep;70(9):836-7. doi: 10.1007/s001150050520.

[Article in German]

Authors

D Von Hayek¹, V Hüttl, J Reiss, H D Schweiger, H S Füessl

Affiliation

¹ Medizinische Abteilung, Bezirkskrankenhaus Haar.

PMID: 10522253
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050520

Abstract

Two psychotic patients developed hyperglycaemia several weeks after starting olanzapine. In one case the elevated glucose concentrations returned to normal soon after withdrawal of olanzapine. In the second case severe ketoacidosis with lethal outcome occurred.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines
Diabetic Ketoacidosis / chemically induced*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Hyperglycemia / chemically induced*
Male
Olanzapine
Paranoid Disorders / drug therapy*
Pirenzepine / adverse effects
Pirenzepine / analogs & derivatives*
Pirenzepine / therapeutic use
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / adverse effects*
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Benzodiazepines
Pirenzepine
Olanzapine