Open AccessClozapine in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Sujata Sethi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.31586
Subject(s) - clozapine , pregnancy , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , continuation , psychiatry , obstetrics , psychology , pediatrics , computer science , biology , programming language , genetics
This report describes the case of a woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who became pregnant while being treated successfully with clozapine. Possible risks associated with continuation of clozapine during pregnancy are discussed.