Clinical Trial: Hematological Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics (AAPs) in a Geriatric Population: What is the Role of 5-HT2 Receptors
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Neutropenia
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Retrospective Study on the Hematological Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics (AAPs) in a Geriatric Population: What is the Role of 5-HT2 Receptors
Brief Summary:
White lineage abnormalities and in particular neutropenia and agranulocytosis are known and increasingly studied adverse effects of antipsychotics, particularly second generation.White lineage abnormalities have been found with each of the drugs in this class even if progression to agranulocytosis is rarer with drugs other than Clozapine.The infections, sometimes serious, induced by these adverse effects have largely led to limiting the use of second generation antipsychotics, and in particular clozapine, to the…
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