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- •Prescriber’s Guide
- •Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Prescriber’s Guide
- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Introduction
- •List of icons
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Amisulpride
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works (for adhd)
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for adhd)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works (for adhd)
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for adhd)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Aripiprazole: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Aripiprazole
- •How the Drug Works
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an a typical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Asenapine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Asenapine
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Atomoxetine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting any atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting any atypical antipsychotic
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Bupropion: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for bipolar disorder)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Chlorpromazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Citalopram: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Clozapine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Weight Gain
- •Sedation
- •What to Do About Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Clozapine
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Cyamemazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Desipramine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Desvenlafaxine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Overdose
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Doxepin: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Duloxetine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Escitalopram: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Fluoxetine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Flupenthixol: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Fluphenazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral
- •Dosing Tips – Depot
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Fluvoxamine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for neuropathic pain or bipolar disorder)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Gabapentin: special populations Renal Impairment
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Haloperidol: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral
- •Dosing Tips – Depot
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Iloperidone
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for bipolar disorder)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance (for bipolar disorder)
- •Weight Gain
- •Sedation
- •What to Do About Side Effects
- •Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects
- •Lamotrigine: dosing and use Usual Dosage Range
- •Dosage Forms
- •How to Dose
- •Dosing Tips
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for bipolar disorder or neuropathic pain)
- •Levetiracetam: special populations Renal Impairment
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Levomilnacipran: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works (for adhd)
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for adhd)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Lisdexamfetamine: the art of psychopharmacology Potential Advantages
- •Potential Disadvantages
- •Primary Target Symptoms
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Loxapine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting any atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting any atypical antipsychotic
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Lurasidone
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Mesoridazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works (for adhd)
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for adhd)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works (for adhd)
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for adhd)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •How to Dose
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Milnacipran: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Moclobemide: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How the Drug Works
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Molindone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Nefazodone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Olanzapine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral
- •Dosing Tips – Depot
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Oral Olanzapine
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Olanzapine lai
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Dosing Tips
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic:
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic:
- •Paliperidone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Paliperidone er
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Paliperidone Palmitate
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Paroxetine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Perphenazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Phenelzine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pimozide: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Pipothiazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for neuropathic pain)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Pregabalin: special populations Renal Impairment
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Protriptyline: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Quetiapine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Quetiapine
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How the Drug Works
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Risperidone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips – Oral Formulation
- •Dosing Tips – Long-Acting Microsphere Depot Formulation
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Risperidone: the art of psychopharmacology Potential Advantages
- •Potential Disadvantages
- •Primary Target Symptoms
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Risperidone
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Risperidone lai
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Selegiline: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Sertraline: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Sertraline: the art of psychopharmacology Potential Advantages
- •Potential Disadvantages
- •Primary Target Symptoms
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Sulpiride: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Thioridazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Thiothixene: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for neuropathic pain or anxiety disorders)
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Trifluoperazine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •If It Doesn’t Work (for depression)
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance (for bipolar disorder)
- •How to Dose
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Venlafaxine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Pharmacokinetics
- •Drug Interactions
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Vilazodone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Notable Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Vortioxetine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Tests Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Ziprasidone: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Breast Feeding
- •Ziprasidone: the art of psychopharmacology Potential Advantages
- •Potential Disadvantages
- •Primary Target Symptoms
- •Switching from Oral Antipsychotics to Ziprasidone
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •How Long Until It Works
- •If It Works
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Before starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Monitoring after starting an atypical antipsychotic
- •Zotepine: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Elderly
- •If It Doesn’t Work
- •Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance
- •Zuclopenthixol: side effects How Drug Causes Side Effects
- •Dosing Tips
- •Other Warnings/Precautions
- •Children and Adolescents
- •Pregnancy
- •Index by Drug Name
- •Index by Use
- •Valproate (divalproex) 711
- •Valproate (divalproex) 711
- •Valproate (divalproex) 711
- •Index by Class
- •Abbreviations
If It Works 1262
If It Doesn’t Work 1263
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1263
Tests 1263
PIPOTHIAZINE: SIDE EFFECTS 1264
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1264
Notable Side Effects 1265
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1265
Weight Gain 1265
Sedation 1265
What to Do About Side Effects 1266
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1266
PIPOTHIAZINE: DOSING AND USE 1266
Usual Dosage Range 1266
Dosage Forms 1266
How to Dose 1266
Dosing Tips 1266
Overdose 1267
Long-Term Use 1267
Habit Forming 1267
How to Stop 1267
Pharmacokinetics 1267
Drug Interactions 1267
Other Warnings/Precautions 1267
Do Not Use 1268
PIPOTHIAZINE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1268
Renal Impairment 1268
Hepatic Impairment 1268
Cardiac Impairment 1268
Elderly 1268
Children and Adolescents 1269
Pregnancy 1269
Breast Feeding 1269
PIPOTHIAZINE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1269
Potential Advantages 1269
Potential Disadvantages 1270
Primary Target Symptoms 1270
Pearls 1270
PRAZOSIN 1272
PRAZOSIN: THERAPEUTICS 1272
Brands 1272
Generic? 1272
Class 1272
Commonly Prescribed for 1272
How the Drug Works 1272
How Long Until It Works 1272
If It Works 1272
If It Doesn’t Work 1272
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1273
Tests 1273
PRAZOSIN: SIDE EFFECTS 1273
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1273
Notable Side Effects 1273
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1273
Weight Gain 1273
Sedation 1273
What to Do About Side Effects 1273
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1274
PRAZOSIN: DOSING AND USE 1274
Usual Dosage Range 1274
Dosage Forms 1274
How to Dose 1274
Dosing Tips 1274
Overdose 1274
Long-Term Use 1274
Habit Forming 1274
How to Stop 1274
Pharmacokinetics 1275
Drug Interactions 1275
Other Warnings/Precautions 1275
Do Not Use 1275
PRAZOSIN: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1275
Renal Impairment 1275
Hepatic Impairment 1276
Cardiac Impairment 1276
Elderly 1276
Children and Adolescents 1276
Pregnancy 1276
Breast Feeding 1276
PRAZOSIN: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1276
Potential Advantages 1276
Potential Disadvantages 1276
Primary Target Symptoms 1277
Pearls 1277
PREGABALIN 1278
PREGABALIN: THERAPEUTICS 1278
Brands 1278
Generic? 1278
Class 1278
Commonly Prescribed for 1278
How the Drug Works 1278
How Long Until It Works 1279
If It Works 1279
If It Doesn’t Work (for neuropathic pain) 1279
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1280
Tests 1280
PREGABALIN: SIDE EFFECTS 1280
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1280
Notable Side Effects 1280
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1280
Weight Gain 1281
Sedation 1281
What to Do About Side Effects 1281
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1281
PREGABALIN: DOSING AND USE 1281
Usual Dosage Range 1281
Dosage Forms 1281
How to Dose 1281
Dosing Tips 1282
Overdose 1282
Long-Term Use 1282
Habit Forming 1282
How to Stop 1282
Pharmacokinetics 1282
Drug Interactions 1282
Other Warnings/Precautions 1283
Do Not Use 1283
PREGABALIN: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1283
Renal Impairment 1283
Hepatic Impairment 1283
Cardiac Impairment 1284
Elderly 1284
Children and Adolescents 1284
Pregnancy 1284
Breast Feeding 1284
PREGABALIN: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1284
Potential Advantages 1284
Potential Disadvantages 1285
Primary Target Symptoms 1285
Pearls 1285
PROPRANOLOL 1287
PROPRANOLOL: THERAPEUTICS 1287
Brands 1287
Generic? 1287
Class 1287
Commonly Prescribed for 1287
How the Drug Works 1288
How Long Until It Works 1288
