Successful treatment of polydipsia, water intoxication, and delusional jealousy in an alcohol dependent patient with clozapine.

Abstract

The beneficial effect of clozapine on polydipsia and water intoxication in patients with schizophrenia has been demonstrated many times. The authors report a successful clozapine treatment of polydipsia, intermittent water intoxication, and delusional jealousy of an alcoholic. This is a rare case of clozapine treatment of a non-schizophrenic patient affected by polydipsia.

• Authors: Branimir Margetić, Branka Aukst-Margetić, Tija Zarković-Palijan
• Journal: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry (Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry) Vol. 30 Issue 7 Pg. 1347-9 (Sep 30 2006) ISSN: 0278-5846 [Print] England
• PMID: 16600455 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antipsychotic Agents
• Clozapine

Topics

• Adult
• Alcoholism (complications, drug therapy, psychology)
• Antipsychotic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Clozapine (therapeutic use)
• Drinking Behavior (drug effects)
• Feeding and Eating Disorders (drug therapy, etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Schizophrenia, Paranoid (drug therapy, etiology)
• Water Intoxication (drug therapy, etiology)