A case of improvement of clozapine-induced low leukocyte counts by adenine, cepharanthin and ninjin-yoei-to in a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia

• Main Authors: Shintaro Kamei (Author), Ryota Tanaka (Author), Hirofumi Hirakawa (Author), Motoshi Iwao (Author), Rikako Kawanaka (Author), Ryosuke Tatsuta (Author), Takeshi Terao (Author), Hiroki Itoh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Although clozapine is the optimal drug for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, the drug has harmful adverse effects such as leukopenia. Adenine and cepharanthine are known to be effective for radiation- or drug-induced leukopenia. Furthermore, ninjin-yoei-to, a Chine...