A review of the use of clozapine levels to guide treatment and determine cause of death

A Stark, J Scott - Australian & New Zealand Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To review the literature to examine the use of clozapine levels to (i) guide therapy
and prevent toxicity in clinical care and (ii) determine cause of death in post-mortem …

Compliance and schizophrenia: the predictive potential of insight into illness, symptoms, and side effects

YC Kao, YP Liu - Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Personal beliefs about medication compliance have been reliably
associated with emotional and behavioral response to mental health problems and health …

Geographical and temporal variations in clozapine prescription for schizophrenia

J Nielsen, R Røge, O Schjerning, HJ Sørensen… - European …, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite its unsurpassed efficacy in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, clozapine remains
underutilized. Trends in the prescription of clozapine in patients with ICD-10 F20. x …

Determination of drugs in plasma samples by high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for therapeutic drug monitoring of schizophrenic …

DS Domingues, MAL Pinto, ID de Souza… - Journal of Analytical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This work describes the development of a simple, sensitive and selective method based on
high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS …

[HTML][HTML] The Porirua protocol in the treatment of clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility and constipation: a pre-and post-treatment study

S Every-Palmer, PM Ellis, M Nowitz, J Stanley, E Grant… - Cns Drugs, 2017 - Springer
Background Clozapine, an antipsychotic used in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, causes
slow gastrointestinal transit in 50–80% of patients. Clozapine-induced gastrointestinal …

High-throughput and trace analysis of diazepam in plasma using DART-MS/MS and its pharmacokinetic application

Y Liu, C Su, Y Zhang, D Zhang, Y Li, J Gu, E Wang… - Analytical …, 2021 - Elsevier
A high-throughput quantitative analytical method based on Direct Analysis in Real Time
tandem mass spectrometry (DART-MS/MS) has been developed and validated for the …

Analysis of drugs in plasma samples from schizophrenic patients by column-switching liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with organic–inorganic …

DS Domingues, ID de Souza, MEC Queiroz - Journal of Chromatography B, 2015 - Elsevier
This study reports on the development of a rapid, selective, and sensitive column-switching
liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method to analyze sixteen …

Patterns of clozapine prescribing in a mental health service in New Zealand

J Harrison, M Janlöv, AJ Wheeler - Pharmacy world & science, 2010 - Springer
Objective To describe clozapine prescribing in a mental health service in Auckland, New
Zealand and compare it with national and international treatment guidelines. Setting A large …

Psychiatrists' perspectives on antipsychotic dose and the role of plasma concentration therapeutic drug monitoring

L Best-Shaw, M Gudbrandsen, J Nagar… - Therapeutic drug …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Why psychiatrists choose a particular dose of antipsychotic for an individual
patient with schizophrenia is unknown. This study aimed to investigate consultant …

Clozapine monitoring at a specialised psychiatric hospital: A retrospective chart review

MV Daniels, S Ramlall - South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 - ajol.info
Background: Clozapine is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National
Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) approved drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia …