Clozapine: Is it truly better than the rest?
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 3, Number 2, February 2005
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv3n2/
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Daniel Carlat, MD
Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Clozapine (trade name, Clozaril) is a drug that none of us would prescribe if all things were equal. With the potentially catastrophic side effect of agranulocytosis, along with a metabolic side effect profile worse even than Zyprexa’s, the only reason to expose living beings to this medication is that it is reputed to be the most effective antipsychotic under the sun. But is it?
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