A successful re-trial after clozapine myopericarditis.

نویسندگان

  • K Sarathy
  • C Alexopoulos
چکیده

Clozapine-induced myopericarditis is a well-described adverse drug reaction. Clozapine is also the most efficacious agent in refractory schizophrenia. We report a case of a patient who was successfully re-trialled on clozapine two years after developing myopericarditis, after which multiple lines of alternative treatment failed. We propose a protocol for safely attempting a re-trial of clozapine in such cases.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

دوره 47 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017