Olepra 5mg tablet 1×10’s

Warnings

Pregnancy
No definitive data regarding pregnant or lactating females is available, therefore, be cautious.

Lactation
This medication is contraindicated in nursing females.

Precautions
The patient taking this medication must be cautious in cases of hepatic (liver) or renal (kidney) impairment, prostatic hypertrophy (enlargement of prostate gland), bone marrow suppression, seizures, parkinson’s disease, heart impairment. The patient must also be cautious if elderly, female, non-smokers and diabetic.

Expert Advice

This medication is given for the treatment of schizophrenia (mental disorder of interpreting reality abnormally).

Side Effects

The patient taking this medication may experience somnolence (sleepiness), weight gain, increased appetite, dizziness, peripheral edema (swelling of your legs or hands), leucopenia (decrease in the count of leucocytes), fatigue, orthostatic hypotension (drop in blood pressure that occurs when moving from a laying down position to a standing position). The patient also may experience raised prolactin, glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol.

Contraindications

This medication is contraindicated in the case of narrow angle glaucoma (increased eye pressure in eye).