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Ariprazole
Type Antipsychotic
Group Atypical AP
Other use moodstabilizer
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EMEA abilify
PubChem 60975
PubMed Ariprazole
Kompas (Dutch) Ariprazole
Wikipedia Ariprazole
Olanzapine
Type antipsychotic
Group atypical AP
Other use moodstabilizer
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ATC-code N05AH03
Medscape Olanzapine
EMEA zyprexa
PubChem 4585
PubMed Olanzapine
Drugs.com olanzapine
Kompas (Dutch) Olanzapine
Wikipedia Olanzapine

Switch medication from Aripiprazole to Olanzapine.[4] [5]

Nietinrijdenbord.png Stop Aripiprazole
  • Day 1-21: Continue drug at usual dose
  • Day 22: Stop drug
Eenrichtingbord.png Start Olanzapine
  • Day 1-4: approx. 25% of target dose
  • Day 5-8: approx. 50% of target dose
  • Day 9-12: approx. 75% of target dose
  • Day 13: target dose
  • Day 28: Reevaluate dose, if necessary adjust dose
Infobord.png More information
StopAbruptly21StartGradually2.jpg
Nietinrijdenbord.png — Aripiprazole
Eenrichtingbord.png — Olanzapine


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 KNMP; Informatorium Medicamentorum 2023; Monografie "olanzapine" (Dutch)
  2. Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas; Toxicologie (dutch)
  3. Woods SW Chlorpromazine equivalent doses for the newer atypical antipsychotics; J Clin Psychiatry 2003;64:663-667
  4. Switches are based on literature references on this page and expert opinions of the authors. The authors have used pharmacokinetic and receptor affinity properties to determine the switch schedules
  5. Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl's essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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