Reduction of side effects by combining clozapine with amisulpride: Case report and short review of clozapine-induced hypersalivation - A case report

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-39

  Croissant, Bernhard ^a   Hermann, D ^a   Olbrich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; CLOZAPINE; FLUPENTIXOL; PIRENZEPINE; PROLACTIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SIALORRHEA; SULPIRIDE;

EID: 14044277495     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837771     Document Type: Article

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