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How does olanzapine help nerve pain ?
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Pain and antipsychot: There is not much in the literature on this that was one interesting article that maybe reference to your pain. olanzapine may be useful for the treatment of morphine-induced emesis and as an adjunct for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with sleep disturbance. Torigoe, K et al 2012. This drugs carries a very high risk for weight gain and a potential metabolic syndrome.
Answered 8/5/2015
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