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Old Sep 22, 2017, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic View Post
Yes but it effectively reduces the dose by half....you may need an adjustment....
This is not true for all APs.

My understanding is it depends on how the drug is metabolised by specific enzymes which varies from AP to AP.

The only one I know specifically being affected by smoking is Clozapine. That came from my pdoc.

My suggestion to the OP is to ask their pdoc.
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