Clozapine-induced myocarditis during co-administration of valproate: A case report

Myocarditis after administration of clozapine.

OBJECTIVE Clozapine is an atypical antpsychotic medication with established efficacy in patients diagnosed of resistant schizophrenia. However, clozapine has multiple side effects. Cardiac complications such as myocarditis and cardiomyopathy have always been related with treatment with clozapine. METHODS A 42 year old Caucasian male, with history of schizophrenia developed a acute myocarditis...

Clozapine-induced myocarditis

Approved in 1989 for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, Clozapine is a last-line atypical antipsychotic drug used with increasing frequency. In addition to its well-known side effect of agranulocytosis, this drug also carries with it rare but serious adverse cardiovascular risk of myocarditis. We present a patient on Clozapine who was admitted to the cardiology service with ch...

Clozapine-Associated Myocarditis: Case Report and Literature Review.

Clozapine-Induced Rabbit Syndrome: A Case Report

Rabbit syndrome (RS) is an antipsychotic-induced rhythmic motion of the mouth/lips resembling the chewing movements of a rabbit. The movement consists of a vertical-only motion, at about 5 Hz, with no involvement of the tongue. Long-term exposure to typical antipsychotics has clearly been associated with RS, but little is known of the risk of RS due to exposure to newer atypical antipsychotics....

Myocarditis and Meningitis during Early Sepsis in a Neonate with Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae: A Case Report

Although myocarditis is uncommon in neonates, a wide variety of infectious pathogens can result in myocarditis, including viruses, bacteria, rickettsia, fungi, and protozoa. Viruses are most often the infectious disease found to cause acute myocarditis. On the other hand, bacterial myocarditis (BM) is an unusual cause of infectious myocarditis. BM is commonly seen in the context of sepsis or as...