Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonists as novel treatments for schizophrenia

SM Paul, SE Yohn, M Popiolek… - American Journal of …, 2022 - psychiatryonline.org
Schizophrenia remains a challenging disease to treat effectively with current antipsychotic
medications due to their limited efficacy across the entire spectrum of core symptoms as well …

A growing understanding of the role of muscarinic receptors in the molecular pathology and treatment of schizophrenia

B Dean, G Bakker, HR Ueda, AB Tobin… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pre-clinical models, postmortem and neuroimaging studies all support a role for muscarinic
receptors in the molecular pathology of schizophrenia. From these data it was proposed that …

High burden of ileus and pneumonia in clozapine-treated individuals with schizophrenia: a Finnish 25-year follow-up register study

JJ Partanen, P Häppölä, A Kämpe… - American Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: The authors used longitudinal biobank data with up to 25 years of follow-up on
over 2,600 clozapine users to derive reliable estimates of the real-world burden of clozapine …

Therapeutic drug monitoring of clozapine in adults with schizophrenia: a review of challenges and strategies

E Molden - Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Clozapine (CLZ) is the superior drug in treatment of schizophrenia. Serum
concentration of CLZ is associated with clinical response and dose-dependents side effects …

Effect of valproic acid on the metabolic spectrum of clozapine in patients with schizophrenia

RL Smith, BM Wollmann, L Kyllesø… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Valproic acid (VPA) is frequently used with clozapine (CLZ) as mood stabilizer
and/or seizure prophylaxis. Valproic acid is known to reduce N-desmethylclozapine (N …

Clozapine treatment and astrocyte activity in treatment resistant schizophrenia: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

E Torres-Carmona, S Nakajima, Y Iwata, F Ueno… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Clozapine is the only antipsychotic approved for treating treatment-resistant schizophrenia
(TRS), characterized by persistent positive symptoms despite adequate antipsychotic …

Metformin for the prevention of clozapine‐induced weight gain: a retrospective naturalistic cohort study

N Stogios, K Maksyutynska… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Clozapine is presently the sole antipsychotic with an indication for treatment‐
resistant Schizophrenia, but is associated with significant weight gain and other metabolic …

Treatment resistance in schizophrenia is associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and gut microbiota: a genetic correlation and Mendelian randomization …

B Cheng, S Cheng, C Li, W Wei, L Liu, P Meng… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Observational studies highlight associations of common diseases with
individual schizophrenia symptoms. However, it is unclear whether these diseases are …

Clozapine/norclozapine plasma level ratio and cognitive functioning in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review

TT Moscou, SRT Veerman - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Extant research on cognitive functioning in treatment-resistant schizophrenia
(TRS) is limited and of poor quality. Cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D impact in affecting clozapine plasma exposure: A potential contribution of seasonality

A Manca, J Mula, A Palermiti, F Vischia… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people worldwide and clozapine is the most
effective antipsychotic drug. Nevertheless, its use in therapy is limited due to adverse effects …