Switch medication from Clozapine to Lurasidon.[1]
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Stop Clozapine
- Day 1: gradually reduce the dose of clozapine with 25 mg / 2 days [3]
Start Lurasidon
- Week 1: approx. 25% of target dose
- Week 2: approx. 50% of target dose
- Week 3: approx. 75% of target dose
- Week 4: target dose
More information
- Clozapine is generally considered to be more effective than other antipsychotic drugs. Clozapine is often used in treatment-resistant schizophrenia (poor treatment response to 2 or more antipsychotic drugs). So a switch from clozapine to another antipsychotic drug could cause problems regarding effectiveness.[4] [5] [6]
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