title: Clozapine Can Be the Good Option in Resistant Mania.
abstract: Bipolar mood disorder is a mental disorder with a lifetime prevalence rate of about 1% in the general population and there are still a proportion of individuals who suffer from bipolar mood disorders that are resistant to standard treatment. Reporting clozapine responsive mania that was not responding to two previous consecutive atypical antipsychotics and one typical antipsychotic was aimed at. A 17-year-old male manic patient was admitted into the psychiatry inpatient department and was nonresponsive to Risperidone 12 mg daily for 4 weeks, Olanzapine 30 mg daily for 3 weeks, and Haloperidol 30 mg daily for 3 weeks, along with valproate preparation 1500 mg daily. He was started on clozapine as he was nonresponsive to Lithium in previous episodes and did not consent to starting Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). He responded adequately to 100 mg clozapine and 1500 mg valproate preparation and remission happened within 2 weeks of starting clozapine. Clozapine can be a good option for resistant mania and further RCT based evidences will strengthen the options in treating resistant mania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S M Yasir
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0521-5708
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Arafat
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S M Atikur
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9410-9941
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Maruful
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Mohsin Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Sultana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Algin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Jhunu Shamsun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nahar