[Clinical analysis in the main side effects of clozapine: enclosed 600 cases report].

The main side effects of 7921 hospitalized patients taken clozapine from July in 1980 to October in 1988 were investigated. In these cases, there were 600 patients with the main side effects caused by clozapine. They included 312 patients with leukocytosis (52.0%), 114 patients with leukopenia (19.0%), (included 16 patients with agranulocytosis), 53 patients with EEG abnormal (8.9%), 35 patients with fever (5.9%), 32 patients with EKG abnormal (5.3%), 14 patients with rash (2.3%), 12 patients with epileptic seizure (2.0%), 11 patients with posture hypotension (1.8%), 8 patients with paralytic intestinal obstruction (1.3%), 6 patients with SGPT raised (1.0%) and 3 patients with conscious disturbances (0.5%). The causes and treatments of the main side effects mentioned above were discussed.