Health Canada just approved Zyprexa IM, the first INJECTABLE atypical antipsychotic
February 2004
Health Canada just approved Zyprexa IM, the first INJECTABLE atypical antipsychotic.
For years only older antipsychotics such as haloperidol came as injectables for acute psychosis.
But these older drugs cause lots of side effects... extrapyramidal symptoms, dystonia, sedation.
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