Olanzapine tachycardia

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Does anyone know if Olanzapine can cause tachycardia (fast heart rate) ?

Does anyone else on Olanzapine here have a racing heart?

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I read that it has in 3% of patients.

I just got over that with the invega shot but the pills don’t do me like that.

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I take superbeets for that. It helps and they taste great!!!

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Glad you dont have it anymore on pills.

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I haven’t got that exactly, but indirectly by causing weightgain and losing motivation to excersise it does affect the heart.

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I had in when I was on 900 mg quetiapine but not at all on 800 mg of qutiapine. I cannot give you any advice to what you should do in regards to Clozapine as it had the King Status in the Class of antipsychotics.

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I got tachycardia coming off of clozapine

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You can get it. You want to work on having a strong slow heartbeat. A faint fast heartbeat can be dangerous. Keep weight down, moderate regular cardiovascular exercise, and lots of sleep with no exhaustion or over exertion.

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yes it can. all the antipsychotics ending in “pine” can. they act on the Muscarinic receptors and those cause tachycardia. Olanzapine gave me tachycardia,. and so did seroquel, and clozapine.

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Seems I learnt something from you rellevant as I’m on 800 mgs quetiapine.

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When you got off clozapine did your tachycardia go away?

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Sorry to ask. But are you drinking the odd can of beer or two on it?

Thats usually the number one cause, in my experience.

Drink plenty of water - it helps your red blood cells carry oxygen more efficiently, so your hearts not going like the clappers.

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Yes. 1515151515

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Even though the pines causes this side effect I’m so happy that my mum got on it 4 years sgo.

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I’m on olanzapine, risperidone and citalopram (Celexa), and I have a resting heart rate of 100-113. Right now, I’ve been laying in bed for 3 hours and it’s 113.

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Hey just curious how long were you on clozapine for?

I’m only it 10 years
I hope the tachycardia won’t be permanent

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Something like 7-9 months. I doubt it will be permanent but long term tachycardia can mess up the heart muscle

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my heart rate is on the low side when resting but even the tiniest physical activity and it races