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Is night sweats caused due to olazapine?
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I have been taking olazapine for the past couple of years. I have not been diagnosed bipolar or schizophrenia but I do have some bouts of depression and the dosage is 5mg every night. I have really bad night sweats and I am thinking that maybe it is caused by the olazapine and I have also been spilling proteine in my Urine, I have not brout this up with my docotor, but I think its the medication. Give me your thoughts. Gabrielle
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Hello,Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.Olanzapine can cause increased night sweats but it is a very rare adverse drug reaction. There could be many other common causes as well. The fact that the olanzapine is causing it or not will be determined by following the temporal relation of taking the drugand the appearance of side-effect. If it is cause of the drug then the sweats should stop after 2 days of stopping the drug as the drug is completely washed out by then.  that will give you an idea.But from my experience O feel that the culprit is not olanzapine.You may inform your psychiatrist before you experiment with your drug. Hope I am able to answer your concerns.If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy