ZYPREXA FDA MedWatch Voluntary U.S. Reports Summary

These tables and charts are created from 793 U.S. reports for ZYPREXA (OLANZAPINE) voluntarily reported by individuals directly to the FDA via the MedWatch Reporting System from 2004 through July 30, 2026. Events listed on this page represent serious and often rare adverse events reported to the FDA, and often do not represent typical side effects for the medication. Find common side effects on the most recent official drug label.

For a summary of adverse events including mandatory reports submitted by pharmaceutical companies (all countries and all reporter types) to the FAERS database, View FDA FAERS ZYPREXA Report.

Top Adverse Events Reported with ZYPREXA (from U.S. FDA Medwatch Reports)

	Side Effect	# of FDA Reports
1	WEIGHT INCREASED	81
2	DRUG INEFFECTIVE	73
3	DIZZINESS	41
4	ANXIETY	39
5	HEADACHE	36
6	SHORTNESS OF BREATH	34
7	INSOMNIA	33
8	TREMOR	33
9	SUICIDAL IDEATION	32
10	TREATMENT FAILURE	32
11	FATIGUE	31
12	DROWSINESS	31
13	CONFUSIONAL STATE	29
14	FALL	29
15	DEPRESSION	28
16	AGGRESSION	26
17	NAUSEA	26
18	PSYCHOTIC DISORDER	23
19	PRODUCT SUBSTITUTION ISSUE	22
20	AGITATION	19
21	DEATH	19
22	GAIT DISTURBANCE	19
23	THERAPY CESSATION	19
24	VOMITING	19
25	LACK OF STRENGTH AND ENERGY (ASTHENIA)	18

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ZYPREXA Total Medwatch Safety Reports by Patient Sex

Male	Female	Unknown	Total
313	361	119	793

Medwatch Reporter Type	Count
Consumer	369
Physician	39
Pharmacist	97
Other Health Professional	85

Top Indications

Product used for unknown indication
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder

Type of Outcome Reported
Serious: 555
Not Serious: 238
Note: A serious outcome means the adverse event resulted in death, a life threatening condition, hospitalization, disability, congenital anomaly, or other serious condition.

Suspected Role
Primary Suspect: 793
Concomitant Drugs: 474
Note: A single MedWatch report can list more than one drug. This summary includes ZYPREXA identified as the suspect drug or as a concomitantly taken drug.

FDA Safety-Related Labeling Changes

ZYPREXA (OLANZAPINE) Rx Drug:
FDA Safety-related Labeling Changes

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NOTES

This report, created by AskaPatient.com, is derived from U.S. drug-related adverse event cases that were reported directly to the FDA using the voluntary MedWatch online or paper reporting system. MedWatch is the voluntary FDA system for consumers, physicians, and others to directly report adverse reactions. The Medwatch initiative was launched in 1993 as a voluntary reporting program for consumers, physicians and other healthcare practitioners.

After processing the received forms, the FDA adds the MedWatch reports to the FDA Adverse Events Reporting System(or FAERS database.) Click here for the complete FAERS report summary, which includes mandatory reports submitted by pharmaceutical companies (worldwide) combined with the MedWatch reports. MedWatch Reports only represent about 5% of the FAERS database. For more, read "Does the FDA's Rapidly Growing Database of Adverse Events Improve Drug Safety?"

The data in this report was obtained from Open FDA. Data was last updated to include reports through January 27, 2026. The reactions, side effects, or "adverse events," represent up to the 20 most frequently occuring events in the database for a drug related to the event.

Open FDA states that it only includes the most recent version of a case report. It also adds the disclaimer: "Do not rely on Open FDA to make decisions regarding medical care. While we make every effort to ensure that data is accurate, you should assume all results are unvalidated."

FDA uses the "MedDRA" classification system to describe reported adverse reactions. MedDRA is a standardized medical terminology that facilitates sharing of regulatory information internationally. In some cases, "patient friendly" terms for the layman designated by MedDRA have been substituted for medical jargon. Please contact us with questions about this report.