Tolerability of zotepine in Indian patients: Preliminary experience

Zotepine is an antipsychotic used in Japan and Europe for years and recently being introduced in Indian markets. It is claimed to be particularly effective for negative symptoms, and somnolence and weight gain are the most common side effects. Our aim is to share our clinical experience of use of zo...

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Autores principales: Bishnoi, Ram Jeevan, Jhanwar, Venu Gopal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174537
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90345
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description Zotepine is an antipsychotic used in Japan and Europe for years and recently being introduced in Indian markets. It is claimed to be particularly effective for negative symptoms, and somnolence and weight gain are the most common side effects. Our aim is to share our clinical experience of use of zotepine with respect to its tolerability. We reviewed the first 10 patients who were prescribed zotepine at our center.
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spelling pubmed-32371302011-12-15 Tolerability of zotepine in Indian patients: Preliminary experience Bishnoi, Ram Jeevan Jhanwar, Venu Gopal Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Zotepine is an antipsychotic used in Japan and Europe for years and recently being introduced in Indian markets. It is claimed to be particularly effective for negative symptoms, and somnolence and weight gain are the most common side effects. Our aim is to share our clinical experience of use of zotepine with respect to its tolerability. We reviewed the first 10 patients who were prescribed zotepine at our center. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3237130/ /pubmed/22174537 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90345 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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