%0 Journal Article %T Clozapine and co-prescribed psychotropics: a short report %A Gupta Maneesh %J Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health %D 2008 %I Bentham Open %R 10.1186/1745-0179-4-11 %X Clozapine is the drug of choice in treatment resistant schizophrenia. It reduces hospitalizations. Patients on clozapine are often co-prescribed other psychotropics. This report looks at a sample of twenty patients on clozapine. It finds that almost two thirds were on a psychotropic along with clozapine. Eight individuals were on an antidepressant; seven on an antipsychotic and five were on co-prescribed valproate. The clinical implications are discussed and a need to look at health services involving clozapine is suggested. %U http://www.cpementalhealth.com/content/4/1/11