Clozapine is a schizophrenia drug that can cause constipation. Doctors usually prescribe it when other schizophrenia medications don’t work for you. Keep reading to learn more about constipation ...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental health disorder characterized by hallucinations, false and rigid beliefs (i.e., delusions), impaired mental functions, disorganized speech and, in some cases, ...
To address "continuing safety concerns" about severe neutropenia associated with the atypical antipsychotic clozapine (multiple brands), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making changes to ...
Pham is a combined internal medicine and psychiatry resident physician at the Medical College of Wisconsin. When Christen White’s brother had his first psychotic episode thinking Steven Spielberg was ...
Federal regulators will no longer require patients to provide blood tests before receiving the drug from pharmacies. By Ellen Barry The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step toward ...
US regulators have put some of the new clozapine risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program on temporary hold because of start-up difficulties, including long telephone wait times. In a ...
Insomnia affects up to half of people with schizophrenia and is thought to worsen the impact of their disease, including their risk of suicide. A new meta-analysis of the antipsychotics these patients ...
Most physicians said the positives of clozapine's REMS outweighed its negatives. Most also said that mandatory blood testing was necessary, but it created a burden and medication delays. In 2024, an ...
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