Clozapine’s Blood Cancer Risk: Under 0.06% Annually, Study Finds

Clozapine helps people with schizophrenia who haven’t gotten better with other medicines. While it works well, some doctors worry it might cause blood cancer. This new research from Hong Kong shows those worries may be smaller than we thought. The research team looked at records from 400,000 patients. They found only 6 out of every 10,000 people taking clozapine got blood cancer each year. That’s a very small number. To make it clearer – imagine a big stadium full of 10,000 people taking clozapine. In one year, only 6 people might get blood cancer. The team watched 10,000 patients closely … Continue reading Clozapine’s Blood Cancer Risk: Under 0.06% Annually, Study Finds