Clozapine News
Pericardial effusion in patients with schizophrenia: are they on clozapine?
Clozapine is used in the treatment of resistant schizophrenia. It is used as a reserve drug mainly because of its adverse effect profile affecting gastrointestinal, haematological and cardiorespiratory systems.
Schizophrenia Drug's Dosage Drives Success
The Vanderbilt physician who in the late 1980s established the antipsychotic drug clozapine as the gold standard for treating patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia has improved on his own research.
Hospital criticised over death
A coroner has criticised Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital after the death of a patient from complications due to her psychiatric medication.
Clozapine Case Series
Clozapine is not a drug that is ever used casually. Patients generally are afflicted with severe illnesses and have demonstrated treatment resistance and/or intolerance to other therapeutic options before clozapine is seriously...
Researchers discover why antipsychotic drugs cause weight gain
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have discovered why some drugs used to treat mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, cause patients to gain a lot of weight.