Clozapine can have a cardiac side effect. I had to go off Seroquel and onto it really slowly/carefully because of it. I think it is called prolonged QT interval. A quick search without reading articles says it can cause tachycardia. And if you have prolonged QT then yes, it needs to have attention paid to it.
Don't trust a heartrate from a pulse ox; they are notoriously inaccurate for that unless it is a very expensive machine that most places don't have. The most accurate way to get a heartrate is to count it for 60 seconds.
I would definitely push to pursue this.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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