Risk of neutropenia among clozapine users and non-users: results from 5,847 patients

Risk of neutropenia among clozapine users and non-users: results from 5,847 patients

Objective: Clozapine is underprescribed due to neutropenia risk. Blood tests every 3 months in those on continuous treatment for > 1 year who have never had an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 2,000/µL has been proposed as a monitoring strategy; however, there are no South American data to su...

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Main Authors: André Akira Sueno Goldani, Francisco Diego Rabelo-da-Ponte, Jacson Gabriel Feiten, Maria Ines R. Lobato, Paulo S. Belmonte-de-Abreu, Clarissa S. Gama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2021-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Clozapine
neutropenia
hematological monitoring
hemogram
absolute neutrophil count
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462021005027202&tlng=en

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