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Successful clozapine rechallenge after neutropenia using lithium carbonate : a case report
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Clozapine is widely known as the drug of choice in treating refractory schizophrenia. However, clozapine prescription requires close clinical and biological monitoring to prevent harmful side effects like agranulocytosis, neutropenia and ...
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Clozapine generates obsessive compulsive disorder-like behavior in mice
Molecular Brain, 2020 Clozapine is thought to induce obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) in schizophrenic patients. However, because OCS are often comorbid with schizophrenia regardless of clozapine treatment, it remains unclear whether clozapine can generate OCS de novo ...
Shinwon Kang +9 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Clozapine intoxication can be life-threatening. Outside of the common drug–drug interactions, tobacco smoking, and caffeine consumption, infectious and inflammatory processes are important contributors to clozapine intoxication.
Emmanuel Bebawi +2 more
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Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 Background: Clozapine is the gold standard medication for treatment-resistant psychosis, with robust evidence supporting its efficacy in multiple symptom domains.
Katherine L. Ord, Belinda Marais
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Tubulin/microtubules as novel clozapine targets
Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2022 Aim Clozapine is currently the only effective drug for treatment‐resistant schizophrenia; nonetheless, its pharmacological mechanism remains unclear, and its administration is limited because of severe adverse effects.
Mizuki Hino +7 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Clozapine has the greatest efficacy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), even though its underutilization is not uncommon across different countries.
Leeba Rezaie +4 more
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Infections associated with clozapine: a pharmacovigilance study using VigiBase®
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Introduction: Clozapine is primarily reserved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia due to safety concerns associated with its use. Infections have been reported with clozapine, which may lead to elevated serum levels of the drug.
Basile Chrétien +11 more
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Factors predicting serum clozapine levels in Middle Eastern patients: an observational study
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Despite its superiority over other drugs for psychosis, clozapine remains underused and is associated with many clinical challenges, including difficulties in predicting therapeutic serum levels (350-600 ng/mL).
Ahmed Hassab Errasoul +1 more
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Reasons for admission to a general medical hospital for patients taking clozapine
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 2022 Background: Clozapine is associated with a diverse range of side effects. In addition, patients prescribed clozapine commonly suffer with medical comorbidities.
Siobhan Gee +4 more
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Patterns of clozapine use, misuse and disuse in a mental health area in southern Spain
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Evidence supports clozapine as the best treatment in terms of efficacy, effectiveness and well-being, and as the gold standard in treatment-resistant psychotic disorders. Clozapine remains still underused, suffering initiation delays from 1.
L.I. Muñoz-Manchado +7 more
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