What considerations should be made when switching a patient from another antipsychotic medication to Olanzapine?

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What considerations should be made when switching a patient from another antipsychotic medication to Olanzapine?

Ensure that the patient is expressing with all necessary P450's to facilitate metabolism and that where the patient is on polypharmacy that they are not down regulated by the presence of any other medication.

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