A 29-year-old woman developed cataplexy during treatment with clozapine for schizoaffective disorder. The woman, who was also receiving valproic acid, started receiving clozapine. The clozapine dosage was gradually increased to 150 mg/day and, in the first week after reaching this dose, she ...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the 24-month response to clozapine in patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or psychotic bipolar disorder. METHOD: Ninety-one psychotic patients with a principal DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophrenia (N = 31), schizoaffective di...
A 29-year-old woman developed cataplexy during treatment with clozapine for schizoaffective disorder. The woman, who was also receiving valproic acid, started receiving clozapine. The clozapine dosage was gradually increased to 150 mg/day and, in the first week after reaching this dose, she beg...
See also Warning section.Thismedicationis used to treat certain mental/mood disorders(schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders).Clozapinemay also help preventsuicidein people who are likely to try to harm themselves. Clozapine belongs to a class of drugs known as atypical antipsychotics. It works by...
Indicated for reducing risk of recurrent suicidal behavior in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in patients who are judged to be at chronic risk to re-experience suicidal behavior Also indicated for treatment-resistant schizophrenia in patients who fail to respond adequately to sta...
Zarate et al-1995 reported that, for schizoaffective disorder, 70% of patients achieved demonstrable improvement in symptoms with clozapine therapy. Clozapine has also been reported to be of benefit in psychotic depression. (McElroy SL-1991). Drug induced psychosis in Parkinson's Disease A ...
Different types of psychotic disorders include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, shared psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder, paraphrenia, and psychotic disorders due to medical conditions. Postpartum Depression ...
clozapine has been demonstrated to reduce suicidal behavior even in non-treatment-resistant schizophrenia and patients with schizoaffective disorder. This activity reviews the mechanism of action, adverse event profile, toxicity, dosing, pharmacodynamics, and monitoring of clozapine pertinent for members of...
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Schizophrenia-Schizoaffective Disorder August 2016 Phase 4 NCT00250575 Novartis Schizophrenia November 2005 Phase 3 NCT00169091 Harvard Medical School-National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center-Commonwealth Research Center, Massachusetts...
The article presents a case study of a 28-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder who developed eosinophilia and sinus tachycardia while being treated with clozapine. The man was given clozapine because he was unresponsive to antipsychotics like olanzapine and clonazepam, which he was receiving ...