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Article AbstractBecause this piece does not have an abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text.Sir: It has been suggested that adding lamotrigine to an ongoing treatment with risperidone and clozapine might significantly increase the serum concentration of risperidone.1 However, lamotrigine is not known to inhibit the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes CYP2D6 or CYP3A4, which are the major enzymes involved in the metabolism of risperidone.2To extend the knowledge about this possible drug interaction,we performed a retrospective analysis on data obtainedfrom our routine therapeutic drug monitoring database for risperidoneand its active metabolite 9-hydroxyrisperidone.†‹†‹

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