Efficacy of Clozapine on Schizophrenia with Polydipsia: Two Cases Experience / 대한정신약물학회지
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
;
: 63-66, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-183133
ABSTRACT
Polydipsia occurs frequently in chronic schizophrenic patients, some of whom develop hyponatremia. Although the underlying pathophysiology of polydipsia among psychiatric patients, recent reports indicate that clozapine treatment improves polydipsia-hyponatremia in schizophrenia. Two schizophrenic patients with polydipsia, followed for more than two years, showed improvement on clozapine. Case 1 was a patient without history of hyponatremia who improved from polydipsia and psychosis. Case 2 was an inpatient with polydipsia and hyponatremia who showed improvement of polydipsia and did nor recur hyponatremia. The limited information provided by these case reports suggest the need for controlled studies of the clozapine effect on schizophrenic patients with polydipsia.
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Main subject:
Psychotic Disorders
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Schizophrenia
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Clozapine
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Polydipsia
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Hyponatremia
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Inpatients
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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