Successful treatment of polydipsia, water intoxication, and delusional jealousy in an alcohol dependent patient with clozapine

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Sep 30;30(7):1347-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.03.005. Epub 2006 Apr 5.

Abstract

The beneficial effect of clozapine on polydipsia and water intoxication in patients with schizophrenia has been demonstrated many times. The authors report a successful clozapine treatment of polydipsia, intermittent water intoxication, and delusional jealousy of an alcoholic. This is a rare case of clozapine treatment of a non-schizophrenic patient affected by polydipsia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Alcoholism / drug therapy
  • Alcoholism / psychology
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clozapine / therapeutic use*
  • Drinking Behavior / drug effects
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / drug therapy*
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / etiology
  • Water Intoxication / drug therapy*
  • Water Intoxication / etiology

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Clozapine