title: Olanzapine as a cause of peripheric edema in an elderly man.
abstract: Edema can be observed as side-effect of many medications, of which calcium channel blockers are the best known. Elderly people use many more medications than their younger counterparts and are usually more prone to developing medication-induced side-effects. Atypical antipsychotics have occasionally been shown to induce peripheric edema. Age is put forward as a risk factor for olanzapine-induced edema. We present here the case of an elderly man who developed upper- and lower-limb edema during use of olanzapine to emphasize its relatively frequent association with edema in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, 34390, Istanbul, Turkey. sibelyanmaz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akın
authors.forename: Gülistan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bahat
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saka
authors.forename: Nida
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oztop
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Karan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000077152:Olanzapine; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D011239:Prednisolone; D000077152:Olanzapine