title: A case report of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
abstract: A 32-year-old male patient with a history of treatment resistant paranoid schizophrenia developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) during changeover of his antipsychotic medication from zuclopenthixol depot to clozapine. This case highlights the difficulties of cross-tapering two antipsychotics-that is, converting from a typical depot medication to an oral atypical antipsychotic.
authors.affiliation: North Yorkshire and York PCT, Psychiatry, Briary Wing, Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate HG2 7SX, UK.
authors.forename: Shankar Srinivas
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kuchibatla
authors.forename: Sofia Akram
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cheema
authors.forename: Kripa S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chakravarthy
authors.forename: Hany George El
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sayeh