| Literature DB >> 35342203 |
Ahmed Naguy1, Reda Rushdy1, Saxby Pridmore1, Anubhuti Singh1, Bibi Alamiri1.
Abstract
Early-onset schizophrenia is notorious for poor prognostication and treatment-refractoriness. Clozapine remains a viable option, albeit off-label, but is clearly underutilized in this population. Use is typically fraught with panoply of drastic side effects. Here, authors report on an adolescent case with schizophrenia that responded ultimately to clozapine. Add-on viloxazine was advantageous spanning different symptom domains, mitigating metabolic parameters and addressing clozapine-sialorrhea. This might open new venues for such complicated, yet commonplace, clinical scenarios.Entities:
Keywords: clozapine; early-onset schizophrenia; viloxazine
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35342203 PMCID: PMC8896751
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychopharmacol Bull ISSN: 0048-5764