Clozapine prescription trends in Brazil in the last decade

Objective: Clozapine is a second-generation antipsychotic indicated for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Studies in several countries have shown a low rate of clozapine use despite the fact that approximately 30% of schizophrenia cases are treatment-resistant. In Brazil, few studies have addresse...

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Main Authors: Raffael Massuda, Clarissa S. Gama, Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu, Helio Elkis, David Freitas de Lucena, Rodrigo Bressan, Cristiano Noto, Ary Gadelha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2022-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462022005011204&tlng=en