Aleksi Hamina
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Aleksi Hamina
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Pharmacist and reseacher with an interest in all things science 🧪 #medsky #episky #psychiatry

Investigating substance use disorders, severe mental health disorders, opioid analgesics, and epidemiology of medication use with Nordic healthcare data.
There may be several reasons, including of course the innate difference of the condition in relation to the other studied disorders. The analysis also had a very small number of clozapine users, which hampers making conclusions. All in all, the condition requires a lot more research.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yes! This is actually discussed as one mechanism that might contribute to lithium's disease-modifying effects!
June 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Redirecting
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June 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Yes! The TIME trial was indeed the first one outside this one Spanish research group to properly study this. Hence the "further" in the original post.
May 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Reposted by Aleksi Hamina
The average longest duration between ANC checks was 88 days, consistent with a 2020 consensus guideline recommending quarterly in patients with continuous clozapine treatment for > 1 year who never had an ANC < 2000/μL.

www.jpn.ca/content/45/3...
Consensus statement on the use of clozapine during the COVID-19 pandemic
With the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, psychiatrists find themselves in the clinical situation of being asked by patients, family members and patient advocacy societies to help...
www.jpn.ca
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