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Low-dose clozapine-related seizure: A case report and literature review
Dan-Sheng Le1, Heng Su2, Zheng-Luan Liao2
1The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou 310051, Zhejiang Province, China.
Background:
Treatment-resistant schizophrenia is a severe form of schizophrenia characterized by poor response to at least two antipsychotic drugs and is typically treated with clozapine. However, clozapine lowers the epileptic threshold, leading to seizures, which are severe side effects of antipsychotics that result in multiple complications. Clozapine-related seizures are generally considered to be dose-dependent and especially rare in the low-dose (150-300 mg/d) clozapine treated population. Due to clinical rarity, little is known about its clinical characteristics and treatment.
Case Summary:
A 62-year-old Chinese man with a 40-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia presented to the Emergency Department with symptoms of myoclonus, consciousness disturbance and vomiting after taking 125 mg clozapine. Upon admission, the patient had a suddenly generalized tonic-clonic seizure lasting for about half a minute with persistent disturbance of consciousness, fever, cough and bloody sputum, which was considered to be low-dose clozapine-related seizure. After antiepileptic and multiple anti-infection treatments, the patient was discharged without epileptic or psychotic symptoms.
Conclusion:
Our aim is to highlight the early prevention and optimal treatment of clozapine-related seizure through case analysis and literature review.
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