Clozapine Treatment Question?
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what is clozapine treatment? for whom is it intended? does it work?
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Answer by TweetyBird
“what is clozapine treatment?” — Well, we don’t say “clozapine treatment”. This med is clozapine (Clozaril and Fazaclo) and it is a psychotropic (anti-psychotic) drug used to manage psychotic disorders which includes but is not restricted to schizophrenia and does NOT include dementia-induced psychoses. (Psychoses is plural for psychosis)
“for whom is it intended?” — It’s intended for those individuals who have a psychotic disorder for which this drug is recommended. Because it causes agranulocytosis (a reduction in the number of granulated white blood cells) in about 1 in every 100 patients who take it for longer than one year, it’s not the first drug of choice and is generally used when patients have failed to respond to other psychotropics like Haldol and Risperdal and for those patients at risk for recurring suicidal behavior.
“does it work?” — For many. Not all medications have the same success, not all patients respond in the same way to all medications. You start with a low dose that might be taken from one to three times a day and titrate cautiously until a therapeutic dose is achieved. Like most psychotropics, it takes several weeks to see the full effect.
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