Data From the World Health Organization's Pharmacovigilance Database Supports the Prominent Role of Pneumonia in Mortality Associated With Clozapine Adverse Drug Reactions

Jose De Leon; Emilio J Sanz; Carlos De Las Cuevas

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbz093

Data From the World Health Organization's Pharmacovigilance Database Supports the Prominent Role of Pneumonia in Mortality Associated With Clozapine Adverse Drug Reactions

Schizophr Bull. 2020 Jan 4;46(1):1-3. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbz093.

Authors

Jose De Leon¹, Emilio J Sanz², Carlos De Las Cuevas³

Affiliations

¹ Mental Health Research Center at Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, KY.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: agranulocytosis/constipation; cardiac/drug labeling/infection/mortality; chemically induced/seizures/syncope; complications; drug effects/myocarditis; sudden death.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
Clozapine / adverse effects*
Databases, Factual
Deglutition Disorders* / complications
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / etiology
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / mortality
Humans
Pharmacovigilance*
Pneumonia* / etiology
Pneumonia* / mortality
World Health Organization

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Clozapine