Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry  1999;6(1):135-141

A Case of Convulsive Seizure Development Induced by Clozapine.

Man Kil SEO ; Doh Kwan KIM ; E Yong KIM

Keywords

Clozapine; Myoclonic jerk; Convulsive seizure

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

The authors described a case of male schizophrenia who developed myoclonic jerk repeatedly and one episode of convulsive seizure during the treatment of clozapine. According to literatures and reported cases, myoclonic jerks induced in a small amount of clozapine may precede and predict the development of a convulsive seizure. Therefore clinicians have to pay attention to the development of a myoclonic jerk during the administration of clozapine. They may decrease the dosage of clozapine step by step at first in the convulsive state, and observe EEG changes of patients frequently.