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Clozapine, sold under the brand name Clozaril among others, is a psychiatric medication and was the first atypical antipsychotic to be discovered. [6] It is primarily used to treat people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder who have had an inadequate response to two other antipsychotics, or who have been unable to tolerate other drugs due to extrapyramidal side effects.
Clozapine (Clozaril) – Of the dibenzodiazepine class of atypical antipsychotics. Requires routine laboratory monitoring of complete blood counts every one to four weeks due to the risk of agranulocytosis. It has unparalleled efficacy in the treatment of treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
Clozapine (Clozaril), an atypical antipsychotic, fell out of favor due to concerns over drug-induced agranulocytosis. Following research indicating its effectiveness in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and the development of an adverse event monitoring system, clozapine re-emerged as a viable antipsychotic. According to Barker (2003), the ...
And yet for those who take clozapine, REMS requires "weekly blood tests for the first 6 months" on the drug, testing "every 2 weeks for the next 6 months" if tests are normal, and "monthly after ...
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a branch of clinical chemistry and clinical pharmacology that specializes in the measurement of medication levels in blood. Its main focus is on drugs with a narrow therapeutic range , i.e. drugs that can easily be under- or overdosed. [ 1 ]
Clozaril – atypical antipsychotic used to treat resistant schizophrenia Concerta ( methylphenidate ) – an extended release form of methylphenidate Contrave ( naltrexone/bupropion ) – a combination drug used in the treatment of mood and psychotic disorders.
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Quetiapine and clozapine are considered the lowest risk agents for precipitating TD. [25] From 2008, there have been reported cases of the anti-psychotic medication aripiprazole, a partial agonist at D2 receptors, leading to tardive dyskinesia. [26] As of 2013, reports of tardive dyskinesia in aripiprazole have grown in number. [27]