Clozapine-Related Constipation: A Retrospective Study

In our set up (a tertiary health care centre in North India), we maintain a clozapine registry for all patients started on clozapine. Besides the relevant socio-demographic and clinical data, data with respect to the efficacy of clozapine and various side effects of clozapine is also maintained. [.....

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Published inIndian journal of psychological medicine Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 485 - 487
Main Authors Grover, Sandeep, Sahoo, Swapnajeet, Hazari, Nandita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.09.2019
Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Sage Publications, New Delhi India
Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Analysis
Clozapine
Constipation
Letters to Editor
Patients
Studies
India
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Summary:In our set up (a tertiary health care centre in North India), we maintain a clozapine registry for all patients started on clozapine. Besides the relevant socio-demographic and clinical data, data with respect to the efficacy of clozapine and various side effects of clozapine is also maintained. [...]there is a need to relook at the prevalence of constipation and its association with the dose of clozapine by using a definition of constipation which has been accepted and standardized in the Indian context. [...]this study does not provide information on the prevalence of constipation with clozapine.
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ISSN:0253-7176
0975-1564
DOI:10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_467_18