Effect of concomitant use of valproic acid during clozapine initiation on clozapine-induced inflammation among Japanese patients with schizophrenia

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During clozapine initiation, titration speed and concomitant valproate administration have been reported as risk factors for clozapine-induced fever and myocarditis. We tested the risk of concomitant valproate administration by stratifying patients according to titration rate. Concomitant valproate use was only associated with increased inflammatory adverse events in the slower titration group. The frequency of inflammatory adverse events was approximately 30 % during faster titration, regardless of concomitant valproate administration. However, the faster titration group with valproate had a higher frequency of severe adverse effects such as myocarditis. Clinicians should avoid concomitant valproate administration during clozapine initiation, regardless of titration rate.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:334

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 334(2024) vom: 19. März, Seite 115810

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kikuchi, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Komatsu, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Otsuka, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Fumiaki [VerfasserIn]
Yada, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Tanifuji, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Tomita, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

614OI1Z5WI
Antipsychotic Agents
Clozapine
Fever
J60AR2IKIC
Journal Article
Myocarditis
Pneumonia
Valproic Acid

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Date Completed 19.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115810

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368721981