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Clozapine Restores Function in Soldiers with Refractory PTSD, Recent Case Series
['Aashi Verma', 'Written']
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A recent case series shows that clozapine can help soldiers with severe, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder successfully return to work and family life while significantly reducing aggression and suicidality.
This atypical antipsychotic offers a promising new path for patients with combat-related trauma who have failed standard therapies.
Combat-induced trauma notoriously produces highly chronic, disabling trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that show extreme resistance to first-line pharmacotherapies and trauma-focused psychotherapies.
Exploring off-label clozapine in these refractory, non-psychotic cohorts offers a promising pathway to address profound functional impairment and lower premature mortality risks.
Clozapine for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Redefining Treatment Resistance in Soldiers Without Psychosis.