This report describes the efficacy of combined use of aripiprazole in the treatment of a patient with clozapine induced enuresis. Aripiprazole acts as a potential dopamine partial agonist and the dopamine blockade in the basal ganglia might be one of the causes of urinary incontinence and enuresis. We speculate that aripiprazole functioned as a D2 agonist in hypodopaminergic state of basal ganglia caused by clozapine and maintained dopamine level that would improve enuresis ultimately.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811310 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2010.25.2.333 | DOI Listing |
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