J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1989; 1:303-305
Copyright © 1989 by American Neuropsychiatric Association
Successful use of clozapine in a patient with a history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
A Stoudemire and L Clayton
Medical Psychiatry Unit, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
Reinstitution of antipsychotic medication is problematic in patients with a
history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). In this case, a patient
with a history of probable neuroleptic malignant syndrome caused by
administration, as single agents, of haloperidol, molindone, and lithium
was later treated successfully with the novel antipsychotic clozapine. The
propensity of various antipsychotic agents to cause NMS is discussed.
