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Risperidone provides an interesting comparison to olanzapine since it has a similar pharmacological profile to olanzapine but without the antimuscarinic activity.
It is tempting to propose that the greater effect of olanzapine on the EUS may be due to its antimuscarinic activity, which risperidone does not have.
Therefore, although olanzapine had a peripheral effect on bladder contraction amplitude, as might be expected from its antimuscarinic effects, this effect is not reflected in the peak contraction pressures observed during cystometry.
Finally, possible side effects of neuroleptics, such as urinary retention, may be predicted from binding studies using human brain tissue [ 12 ] if antimuscarinic affinities will correspond to antimuscarinic effects on the bladder.
Olanzapine therapy is associated with a number of side effects, including somnolence, agitation, nervousness, headaches, dizziness, weight gain, constipation and dry mouth [ 5 ] . Olanzapine, however, does not produce extrapyramidal side effects, postural hypotension or hemotoxicity (a particular problem for patients on clozapine therapy [ 13 ] ). Although urinary retention as a result of olanzapine therapy may be predicted from binding studies due to olanzapine's antimuscarinic activity [ 12 ] only 1 case report of micturition disturbance associated with olanzapine has recently appeared [ 14 ] . On the other hand, several reports of urinary disturbances due to clozapine can be found in the clinical literature [ 3 10 15 ] .
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