Clozapine is a schizophrenia drug that can cause constipation. Doctors usually prescribe it when other schizophrenia medications don’t work for you. Keep reading to learn more about constipation ...

Most physicians said the positives of clozapine's REMS outweighed its negatives. Most also said that mandatory blood testing was necessary, but it created a burden and medication delays. In 2024, an ...

Is a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) still needed for clozapine? That's what a joint meeting of two FDA advisory committees will discuss on Tuesday. Risk management requirements for the ...

The Food and Drug Administration is strengthening a previous warning regarding the uncommon risk of serious bowel complications associated with the schizophrenia medication clozapine (Clozaril, ...

A case report has revealed that clozapine with intermittent colony-stimulating factors helped treat leukopenia and neutropenia in a patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia who responds only to ...

Federal regulators will no longer require patients to provide blood tests before receiving the drug from pharmacies. By Ellen Barry The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step toward ...

First-line medication for TB is a quadruple therapy regimen of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol for two months, followed by a four month continuation phase of rifampicin and ...

A recent study found two-thirds of homeless people have a mental illness, with more than three-quarters of them having experienced it during their lifetimes. Between 10 and 20 percent of the homeless ...

Clozapine Better for Comorbid Schizophrenia, Cannabis Use Disorder The authors discuss the rare but potentially life-threatening cardiovascular adverse effects of dilated cardiomyopathy and ...

The mechanism responsible for the therapeutic effects of the prototypical atypical antipsychotic drug, clozapine, is still not understood; however, there is persuasive evidence from in vivo studies in ...