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Clozapine is a psychiatric medication that may cause various side effects, some of them may be serious and fatal adverse effects, such as severe neutropenia, agranulocytosis, lymphocytopenia, myocarditis, and orthostatic hypotension, that have been associated to an increased risk of death.
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Clozapine is a psychiatric medication that may cause various side effects, some of them may be serious and fatal adverse effects, such as severe neutropenia, agranulocytosis, lymphocytopenia, myocarditis, and orthostatic hypotension, that have been associated to an increased risk of death.
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This study aimed to evaluate the serious and potentially fatal adverse effects of clozapine toxicity in psychic patients at mental health care hospitals in the Southern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ali Qhtani
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of Clozapine-induced Toxicities in Psychic Patients in Mental
Health Care Hospitals in the Southern Region of the Saudi Arabia
Kingdom, Current Drug Therapy, January 2024, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/0115748855281044231206042618.
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