Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Case Report

The Use of Clozapine During Pregnancy And Lactation: A Case Report

1.

Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020; 30: 193-195
DOI: 10.5455/PCP.20200502080433
Read: 1052 Downloads: 626 Published: 19 January 2021

Antipsychotic medications are frequently used in clinical practice. Clozapine is considered to be the most effective antipsychotic treatment in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Although clozapine has been available in the market for a long time, safety data on its usage during the lactation period are very limited. The current report presents the short-term clinical outcome of infants exposed via breastfeeding to maternal clozapine at 75-mg/day

To cite this article: Uguz F. The Use of Clozapine During Pregnancy And Lactation: A Case Report. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020;30(2):193-195

Files
EISSN 2475-0581