The sister of a schizophrenic man who died from a toxic mix of prescription drugs has called for safer monitoring of antipsychotic drug clozapine. William Northcott, known as Wim, died of a cardiac ...

The sister of a schizophrenic man who died from a toxic mix of prescription drugs has called for safer monitoring of antipsychotic drug clozapine. William Northcott, known as Wim, died of a ...

Currently, clozapine is the only psychiatric medicine indicated for treating treatment-resistant schizophrenia. "With this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between the immune system ...

The 39-year-old was first prescribed the antipsychotic drug Clozapine in 2006 and 2011, and restarted in 2012. Mr Northcott's sister, Kate Spall, has told the inquest she never knew he was on such ...

Their findings show that the risk of blood cancer associated with the use of clozapine is very low, with an average increase of less than six cases per 10,000 persons using clozapine for one year.

Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic that is effective for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. However, it is associated with serious adverse reactions and requires close monitoring, particularly ...