Clozapine-resistant schizophrenia (CRS) occurs in 40%-70% of clozapine-treated schizophrenic patients. Hereby we describe a 20-year-old CRS subject with comorbid cannabinoid use disorder, successfully treated with clozapine-brexpiprazole combination, subsequently switched to clozapine plus long-acting injectable aripiprazole.

A case report of clozapine-treatment-resistant schizophrenia successfully managed with brexpiprazole combination therapy / Orsolini, Laura; Bellagamba, Silvia; Salvi, Virginio; Volpe, Umberto. - In: ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1876-2018. - 72:(2022). [10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103121]

A case report of clozapine-treatment-resistant schizophrenia successfully managed with brexpiprazole combination therapy

Orsolini, Laura
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Bellagamba, Silvia;Salvi, Virginio;Volpe, Umberto
2022-01-01

Abstract

Clozapine-resistant schizophrenia (CRS) occurs in 40%-70% of clozapine-treated schizophrenic patients. Hereby we describe a 20-year-old CRS subject with comorbid cannabinoid use disorder, successfully treated with clozapine-brexpiprazole combination, subsequently switched to clozapine plus long-acting injectable aripiprazole.
2022
Clozapine-treatment resistant schizophrenia; Schizophrenia; Cannabinoid use disorder Brexpiprazole; Clozapine
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