Clozapine Induced Paralytic Ileus

Veena Nayak; Bharti Chogtu; Virupaksha Devaramane; S. Vasudeva; P. V. Bhandary

Vol 2, No 4 (2010)
Pages: 330-332
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Clozapine Induced Paralytic Ileus

Veena Nayak ^*, Bharti Chogtu , Virupaksha Devaramane , S. Vasudeva , P. V. Bhandary

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Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal, India

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Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia in patient not responding to other antipsychotics. Dry mouth, constipation, loss of accommodation and urinary retention are the common side effects encountered with this drug. Here we are reporting a case of paralytic ileus secondary to clozapine.