The Hip book
Home » Ortho Related » Medications » CLOZAPINE/CLOZARIL

CLOZAPINE/CLOZARIL



- antipyschotic med, for chronic pyschotic patients who are resistant to usual medications; Both active and passive symptoms may improve with this medication;
- Side effects include Agranulocytosis in 1-2% of patients;
- WBC < 3000 or ANC < 1500 calls for interuption of treatment;
- Also note dose related increase risk of seizures;
- at 300mg/day, increase risk of seizure is 1-2%; at 600mg/day incr risk is 3-4%;
- Marked sedation, tachycardia, and hypotension are also seen



Notice: ob_end_flush(): failed to send buffer of zlib output compression (0) in /home/datatra1/wheelessonline.com/1wpkore1/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5349