Clozapine is widely recognized as an effective antipsychotic medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but it is typically associated with significant weight gain. This case report presents two unusual cases o...
Science and Technology Program of Huzhou City,No.2023GYB32.
BACKGROUND Tardive dyskinesia(TD)is a serious and disabling movement disorder;it impairs social function and quality of life and increases the mortality rate.TD is usually induced by the use of antipsychotic drugs;how...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81401127);the Clinical Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(20204Y0173);the Open Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems,Beihang University(VRLAB2022 B02);the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders Open Grant(21-K03);the Scientific Research Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong(20192070);the Guangzhou Municipal Key Discipline in Medicine(2021–2023);the Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangdong Province(2019B030316001).
Background:Although clozapine is an effective option for treatment-resistant schizophrenia(TRS),there are still 1/3 to 1/2 of TRS patients who do not respond to clozapine.The main purpose of this randomized,double-bli...
Supported by Project of Science and Technology Bureau of Jiande City,Zhejiang Province(2018JYW14)。
[Objectives]To observe the clinical effect of Fuzi Lizhong pills for salivation after taking clozapine in schizophrenia.[Methods]A total of 45 cases of schizophrenia patients with salivation after taking clozapine onl...
We read the impressive review article“Clozapine resistant schizophrenia:Newer avenues of management”with great enthusiasm and appreciation.The author believes that preventing clozapine resistance from developing may...
Acknowledgements Lorraine Maw at the Mental Health Research Center at Eastern State Hospital,Lexington,Kentucky,USA helped with editing.Ms.Maw declares no competing interest in the last 36 months.
White blood cell(WBC)monitoring has reduced clozapinetreated patient deaths associated with agranulocytosis to a rarity.However,clozapine protocols and package inserts worldwide provide no instructions for preventing ...
Clozapine has been recognized as the best drug for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia,but its clinical use is very cautious.Clozapine has many side effects,among which agranulocytosis is fatal.And it often caus...
supported by grants from FAPESP(Fundacao de AmparoàPesquisa de Sao Paulo,Grant no 2016/01302-9 and 2014/27129-6);CAPES(Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)88887.463672/2019-00。
Antipsychotics may prolong or retain telomere length,affect mitochondrial function,and then affect the metabolism of nerve cells.To validate the hypothesis that antipsychotics can prolong telomere length after oxidati...
BACKGROUND Treatment-resistant schizophrenia is a severe form of schizophrenia characterized by poor response to at least two antipsychotic drugs and is typically treated with clozapine.However,clozapine lowers the ep...
About 40%-70%of the patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia have a poor response to adequate treatment with clozapine.The impact of clozapineresistant schizophrenia(CRS)is even greater than that of treatment r...