Antipsychotics Archives

Clozapine’s Boxed Warnings – Can You Name All Five?

Date May 22, 2019 Author By Eric Christianson Category Psych

I was recently reviewing some clinical pearls on clozapine and was really surprised that there were five boxed warnings! After reading them over, I did recall all of the potential negative adverse effects that this drug can cause but did not remember that they were all boxed warnings. Here’s the list of clozapine’s boxed warnings: […]

Lexapro Case and Antipsychotic Use

Date November 10, 2013 Author By Eric Christianson Category Psych

In just one more example of the prescribing cascade, I had a resident at a nursing home that was prescribed Lexapro for depressive and anxiety type symptoms. A few weeks after starting this medication, the resident had worsening confusion, change in cognition, and was getting physically and verbally aggressive with staff. It was apparent that […]