Unfortunately, clozapine-induced agranulocytosis cannot be prevented, so regular blood examination and education for patient and family member are very important and early treatment with G-CSF seems warranted in severe cases of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis....
“We know that in some cases people experience serious side effects when taking clozapine and it is for this reason that we carefully monitor patients taking this medication. Initially, we require some baseline investigations including your weight, height, a tracing of your heart, physical observatio...
) in patients with schizophrenia unresponsive to or intolerant of previous antipsychotic treatment is well established.[3] The focus of this profile is the use of clozapine in the prevention of suicide in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Approximately one in every ten ...
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to examine the effect of ziprasidone on olanzapine or clozapine-associated medical morbidity such as insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired fasting glucose, obesity, and hyperlipidemia in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. METHOD: This ...
Clozapine treatment remains the gold standard for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. This study aimed to describe temporal trends in clozapine use at discharge among patients with schizophrenia at two of the largest public psychiatric hospitals in Taiwan over a twelve-year period. Patients with schizophren...
We gave increasing daily doses of clozapine to six patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and levodopa-induced dyskinesias. Clozapine reduced the ... LL Schuh - 《Patient Education & Counseling》 被引量: 250发表: 1994年 Low-dose clozapine improves dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease ...
On the other hand, it is still unclear whether the altered D-Asp metabolism observed in patients with schizophrenia is a pathophysiolog- ical trait or, rather, an epiphenomenon due to the chronicity of disease or to pharmacological treatment. This point is of particular clinical interest given ...
Here we report the results of a pilot study investigating the relative and combined effects of a 12 week course of clozapine and CBT in first-episode psychosis patients with prominent ongoing positive symptoms following their initial treatment. Patients from our early psychosis service who met the ...
Non-pharmacological interventions for weight control have become a key element for secondary prevention in the health of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Here, we aim to evaluate the physical health effects of a nurse-led non-pharmacological intervention program in patients with a diagnosis of ...
This application note highlights the separation of clozapine on Oasis MCX. Introduction Clozapine is used to treat schizophrenia in patients who have not been helped by or are unable to take other medicines. The analyte is basic and therefore an Oasis MCX product was selected. ...