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Deep venous thrombosis and atypical antipsychotics: three cases report
Fatemeh Sheikhmoonesi1, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Bahari Saravi
1Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. fmoonesi@mazums.ac.ir.
Background:
Deep venous Thrombosis is a serious, possible life threatening event which is often ignored in psychiatric Settings.
Purpose:
In this paper three cases of deep venous Thrombosis (DVT) following the use of olanzapine and risperidone are presented.
Methods:
The data of Three patients was collected from hospital records.
Results:
The patients were in good general physical health and had no personal or familial history of DVT. The patients were not overweight (BMI < 25) but they suffered from DVT after initiating risperidone and olanzapine.
Conclusion:
Risk of DVT exists in patients under treatment with atypical antipsychotics in spite of no pre existing risk factor.
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