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Calls for better monitoring of antipsychotic drug linked to hundreds of deaths
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5:56Now PlayingThe families of people who have died while taking an antipsychotic drug have told Channel 4 News there needs to be a wholesale change in how it's monitored. Around 37,000 people in the UK are prescribed clozapine, which is primarily used to treat drug-resistant schizophrenia.
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Its benefits are huge, but it's a high-risk medicine and without proper monitoring those risks can be fatal. The drug has been linked to some 400 deaths a year since its approval for use here.
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