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Relationship of obsessive compulsive symptoms/disorder with clozapine: A retrospective study from a multispeciality
Sandeep Grover1, Nandita Hazari1, Subho Chakrabarti1
1Department of Psychiatry, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Objective:
To study the prevalence, phenomenology and course of OCS/OCD in patients receiving clozapine.
Methodology:
Case records of 220 patients who received clozapine for at least 3 months were reviewed.
Results:
One fifth (N=42; 19.1%) of patients had OCS/OCD, of which majority (13.2%) had onset of OCS/OCD prior to starting of clozapine and remaining 5.9% developed OCS/OCD after starting of clozapine. About one fourth of the patients with pre-existing OCS/OCD had worsening with clozapine while the remaining maintained at the same level (55.17%) or improved (20.7%). Majority of the patients who developed de novo OCS/OCD on clozapine were females and OCS/OCD emerged within 12 months (69.2%) of starting of clozapine. In those who developed OCS/OCD with clozapine, among obsessions, pathological doubts were most common, followed by obsessions with sexual content; among compulsions repetitive checking was the most common. SSRIs were required for management in half the patients, while the remaining improved spontaneously or with reduction in clozapine dose.
Conclusion:
Clozapine can lead to aggravation or de novo presentation of OCS/OCD but these can be managed with reduction in dose or addition of SSRIs.
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