Abstract
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application Lurasidone (Latuda, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals), an atypical antipsychotic, for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents 13–17 years of age. Lurasidone was previously indicated in the U.S. for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia and major depressive episodes with bipolar I disorder as monotherapy. We present a case of a 29-year-old male patient who was hospitalized with thrombocytopenia (WHO grade-3 toxicity) (unlabeled) along with extrapyramidal disorder, gastritis, and hyperprolactinemia within 2–3 months of initiation of tablet lurasidone 80 mg/day (Lurasid, Intas Pharmaceuticals) in bipolar depression. Dechallenge was found to be positive in three reactions except hyperprolactinemia (outcome unknown) during hospital stay. The terms anemia and leukopenia are well labeled/listed with the drug literatures of lurasidone. Thus, this case presents a strong probability of lurasidone to cause myelosuppression/bone marrow depression.
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