Serotonin Syndrome and Catatonia in the Absence of a Serotonergic Agent Following Abrupt Withdrawal of Clozapine

Affiliations

¹ , BSc, MD, is with the Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta.
² , BSc(Hons), PharmD, is with the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta.

Case Reports

Howie Wu et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 14;77(1):e3452.

doi: 10.4212/cjhp.3452. eCollection 2024.

¹ , BSc, MD, is with the Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta.
² , BSc(Hons), PharmD, is with the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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