Creatine Kinase Elevations with Clozapine

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1994 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 164, pages 118-120 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: M S, Keshavan; J, Stecker; R K, Kambhampati;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.164.1.118

pmid: 7802755

Creatine Kinase Elevations with Clozapine

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Abstract

We describe a patient with marked elevations of creatine kinase following institution of clozapine treatment. The enzyme levels promptly subsided with discontinuation of clozapine. The clinical features did not meet any of the published criteria for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

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Keywords

Adult, Male, Schizophrenia, Paranoid, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Clozapine, Creatine Kinase, Drug Administration Schedule

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