Treatment Options for Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia?
Clozapine is considered a gold-standard medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but close to 50% of these patients on clozapine may show poor or no response. What…
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Grand Rounds: Treatment Options for Clozapine‐Resistant Schizophrenia.
Clozapine is considered a gold-standard medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but close to 40-50% of these patients on clozapine may show poor or no response. What…
Clozapine & GERD Medications: Drug Interaction
It is clinically relevant to have the knowledge of drug interactions between clozapine and medications used for common medical conditions, as certain medication can lower…
Managing Clozapine’s Adverse Events
Clozapine was FDA-approved for treatment-refractory schizophrenia in 1989 and has remained the gold standard treatment since then for this indication. Clozapine has established efficacy in…
Medications Affecting Clozapine Level?
Clozapine is indicated for the management of treatment resistant schizophrenia and hence it is likely that patient will also be taking other psychotropic and non-psychotropic…
Augmentation Strategies for Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia?
Clozapine is considered a gold-standard medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but close to 50% of these patients on clozapine may show poor or no response. What…
Medications Induced Neutropenia: Avoid them with Clozapine.
Neutropenia is the single most important risk factor for infection and Clozapine is well known for the increased for neutropenia. This neutropenia risk will increase…
Clozapine and New-Onset Obsessions
Clozapine as a treatment option has many strengths. But it also has some weaknesses. This week I had a patient who has been stable on…
Clozapine, REMS and COVID-19
FDA issued the statement on March 22, 2020 regarding the patient access to REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) medications like clozapine during COVID-19 public…
Psychotropic Drug Interactions: Clozapine and GERD Medications.
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Restarting Clozapine After Missed Dose
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Clozapine: Managing Side Effects
Clozapine: Managing Side Effects By Dr. Harvinder Singh. Physicians are aware of serious side effects from clozapine including agranulocytosis, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary embolism and seizure…
Clozapine Associated Agranulocytosis Monitoring
Patient with treatment resistant schizophrenia is admitted for fifth time this year secondary to worsening of psychotic symptoms. He is compliant with medications and have…
What Medications Affect Clozapine Levels?
40 year old patient with history of schizophrenia stabilized on clozapine presented with recent worsening of psychotic symptoms. He recently started smoking and initiated treatment…