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Olanzapine associated heart block in weight‐restored anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Alwazeer Ahmed,
Hussain Arif,
Hickey Anita,
MacLean David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.388
Subject(s) - olanzapine , anorexia nervosa , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , eating disorders
Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder but the search for disease‐modifying biological agents have yielded few options. This case describes the efficacious use of olanzapine off‐label in weight restoration in an adolescent. However, occurrence of first‐degree heart block during treatment flags up a need for cardiac monitoring with such treatment across this age group.