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What Causes Back Pain After Taking Clozapine?
Question: I am on clozapine 75mg at night and 50mg in the morning. I get a sore back every morning when I waken it is very sore crushing pain will the psychiatrist have to take me off the drug?
I take paracetamol 500mg and naproxen 250mg as well
I had a similar experience in hospital crushing pain my lower back my date of birth is 25/04/63
My doctor is DR Emslie XXXXXXX of the mill practice dundee scotland and my specialist is Dr Cesear of XXXXXXX Royal hospital in Perth scotland
Dr Cochrane is going to be my consultant in august at the alloway centre dundee
My side effects have been bad for a very long time in my neck which causes the back pain I lose my balance when walking. How much longer do I have to put up with this?
I take paracetamol 500mg and naproxen 250mg as well
I had a similar experience in hospital crushing pain my lower back my date of birth is 25/04/63
My doctor is DR Emslie XXXXXXX of the mill practice dundee scotland and my specialist is Dr Cesear of XXXXXXX Royal hospital in Perth scotland
Dr Cochrane is going to be my consultant in august at the alloway centre dundee
My side effects have been bad for a very long time in my neck which causes the back pain I lose my balance when walking. How much longer do I have to put up with this?
Brief Answer:
Reducing the doses of drug should help in pain
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries
I can understand your concern. Clozapine is a second generation antipsychotic drug. The drug is commonly used when most of other drugs fail to result in improvement. The incidence of back pain due to Clozapine is not very common but some individuals taking it suffer from chronic burning lower back pain. Some inflammatory processes are involved in pain. The pain usually improves on discontinuing the medicine so if the pain is severe and intolerable then you can discuss with your doctor to prescribed some other antipsychotic drug. If that is not possible then doses can be divided and can be lowered if possible. Reducing the dose should help. There are many case reports which suggest that such lower back pain reduce with reduction of doses. Get your blood counts done regularly while on this drug. Clozapine is known to reduce the white blood cell counts.
Hope this helps you. Thanks and Take care
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
Reducing the doses of drug should help in pain
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries
I can understand your concern. Clozapine is a second generation antipsychotic drug. The drug is commonly used when most of other drugs fail to result in improvement. The incidence of back pain due to Clozapine is not very common but some individuals taking it suffer from chronic burning lower back pain. Some inflammatory processes are involved in pain. The pain usually improves on discontinuing the medicine so if the pain is severe and intolerable then you can discuss with your doctor to prescribed some other antipsychotic drug. If that is not possible then doses can be divided and can be lowered if possible. Reducing the dose should help. There are many case reports which suggest that such lower back pain reduce with reduction of doses. Get your blood counts done regularly while on this drug. Clozapine is known to reduce the white blood cell counts.
Hope this helps you. Thanks and Take care
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
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