Clozapine Prescripers-Dogmatic or Pragmatic?

Ahmed Naguy; Hessa Alhazeem

Clozapine Prescripers-Dogmatic or Pragmatic?

Psychopharmacol Bull. 2024 Apr 4;54(2):46-50.

Authors

Ahmed Naguy¹, Hessa Alhazeem²

Affiliations

¹ Naguy, MBBch, MSc, Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist, Al-Manara CAP Centre, Kuwait Centre for Mental Health (KCMH), Jamal Abdul-Nassir St, Shuwaikh, State of Kuwait.
² Alhazeem, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

PMID: 38601835
PMCID: PMC11003257 (available on 2025-04-04)

Abstract

Clozapine, amongst antipsychotics, has a unique composite mode of action that might translate into an expanded therapeutic potential on clinical grounds. Sorely, clozapine remains underutilized.

Keywords: clozapine; psychogenic polydipsia; suicide; tardive dyskinesia; treatment-resistant.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antipsychotic Agents* / pharmacology
Clozapine* / adverse effects
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced* / drug therapy
Humans
Schizophrenia* / drug therapy

Substances

Clozapine
Antipsychotic Agents