Treating Methamphetamine-Induced Resistant Psychosis with Clozapine

Background. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP) in Iran has turned into a serious issue in terms of health and treatment, lacking any obvious treatment methods for its resistant cases. Aims of Case Report. In the present study, a number of two cases of treatment of MIP with clozapine, which were...

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Autores principales: Seddigh, Ruohollah, keshavarz-Akhlaghi, Amir-Abbas, Shariati, Behnam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/845145
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description Background. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP) in Iran has turned into a serious issue in terms of health and treatment, lacking any obvious treatment methods for its resistant cases. Aims of Case Report. In the present study, a number of two cases of treatment of MIP with clozapine, which were resistant to the treatment with other antipsychotics, have been reported. Both cases completely responded to the treatment in only 2 weeks and no signs of psychosis relapse were seen in an 8-9 follow-up. Conclusion. Because of its particular pharmacologic features, clozapine may be effective in treating MIP.
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spelling pubmed-42288242014-12-21 Treating Methamphetamine-Induced Resistant Psychosis with Clozapine Seddigh, Ruohollah keshavarz-Akhlaghi, Amir-Abbas Shariati, Behnam Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Background. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP) in Iran has turned into a serious issue in terms of health and treatment, lacking any obvious treatment methods for its resistant cases. Aims of Case Report. In the present study, a number of two cases of treatment of MIP with clozapine, which were resistant to the treatment with other antipsychotics, have been reported. Both cases completely responded to the treatment in only 2 weeks and no signs of psychosis relapse were seen in an 8-9 follow-up. Conclusion. Because of its particular pharmacologic features, clozapine may be effective in treating MIP. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4228824/ /pubmed/25530901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/845145 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ruohollah Seddigh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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