title: Clozapine overdose, a case report.
abstract: Clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic agent with few of the extrapyramidal side effects of other antipsychotic agents, was approved for use in the United States in 1989. Because of drug-induced agranulocytosis, it is dispensed only under rigid guidelines. Overdose has been rare. Presented here is a case of clozapine overdose treated successfully with supportive care in which agranulocytosis did not develop.
authors.affiliation: St. Barnabas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Livingston, New Jersey 07039, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Welber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nevins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003024:Clozapine / Q000506:poisoning*; D062787:Drug Overdose; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D003024:Clozapine