Quetiapine medication
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication.
Alopecia associated with
quetiapine.
Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2007 Mar;22(2):117-9. Intensive Medicines
Monitoring Programme, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University
of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Alopecia has previously been reported with the atypical antipsychotic
medicines olanzapine and risperidone, but has not been described with quetiapine.
Case reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine reported to the New Zealand
Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme were reviewed. The World Health
Organization international spontaneous reporting database was also searched for
additional case reports. Literature searches were conducted for previous reports
of alopecia associated with quetiapine. The Intensive Medicines Monitoring
Programme database included two case reports of alopecia associated with
quetiapine. Assessment of these cases suggested a causal relationship with the
medicine. The World Health Organization international database included a
further 15 case reports, providing evidence supporting this association. No
previously published reports of alopecia associated with quetiapine were
identified. In conclusion, these are the first published case reports of
alopecia associated with quetiapine.
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