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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 1483
If It Doesn’t Work (for bipolar disorder) 1483
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1483
Tests 1484
TOPIRAMATE: SIDE EFFECTS 1484
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1484
Notable Side Effects 1484
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1484
Weight Gain 1484
Sedation 1485
What to Do About Side Effects 1485
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1485
TOPIRAMATE: DOSING AND USE 1485
Usual Dosage Range 1485
Dosage Forms 1485
How to Dose 1485
Dosing Tips 1486
Overdose 1486
Long-Term Use 1486
Habit Forming 1486
How to Stop 1486
Pharmacokinetics 1487
Drug Interactions 1487
Other Warnings/Precautions 1487
Do Not Use 1488
TOPIRAMATE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1488
Renal Impairment 1488
Hepatic Impairment 1488
Cardiac Impairment 1488
Elderly 1488
Children and Adolescents 1488
Pregnancy 1489
Breast Feeding 1490
TOPIRAMATE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1490
Potential Advantages 1490
Potential Disadvantages 1490
Primary Target Symptoms 1490
Pearls 1490
TRANYLCYPROMINE 1493
TRANYLCYPROMINE: THERAPEUTICS 1493
Brands 1493
Generic? 1493
Class 1493
Commonly Prescribed for 1493
How the Drug Works 1493
How Long Until It Works 1493
If It Works 1494
If It Doesn’t Work 1494
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1495
Tests 1495
TRANYLCYPROMINE: SIDE EFFECTS 1495
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1495
Notable Side Effects 1495
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1496
Weight Gain 1496
Sedation 1496
What to Do About Side Effects 1496
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1496
TRANYLCYPROMINE: DOSING AND USE 1497
Usual Dosage Range 1497
Dosage Forms 1497
How to Dose 1497
Dosing Tips 1497
Overdose 1497
Long-Term Use 1497
Habit Forming 1497
How to Stop 1497
Pharmacokinetics 1497
Drug Interactions 1498
Other Warnings/Precautions 1498
Do Not Use 1499
TRANYLCYPROMINE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1500
Renal Impairment 1500
Hepatic Impairment 1500
Cardiac Impairment 1500
Elderly 1500
Children and Adolescents 1500
Pregnancy 1501
Breast Feeding 1501
TRANYLCYPROMINE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1501
Potential Advantages 1501
Potential Disadvantages 1501
Primary Target Symptoms 1501
Pearls 1502
TRAZODONE 1506
TRAZODONE: THERAPEUTICS 1506
Brands 1506
Generic? 1506
Class 1506
Commonly Prescribed for 1506
How the Drug Works 1506
How Long Until It Works 1506
If It Works 1507
If It Doesn’t Work 1507
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 1508
Tests 1508
TRAZODONE: SIDE EFFECTS 1508
How Drug Causes Side Effects 1508
Notable Side Effects 1508
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 1509
Weight Gain 1509
Sedation 1509
What to Do About Side Effects 1509
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 1509
TRAZODONE: DOSING AND USE 1509
Usual Dosage Range 1510
Dosage Forms 1510
How to Dose 1510
Dosing Tips 1510
Overdose 1510
Long-Term Use 1511
Habit Forming 1511
How to Stop 1511
Pharmacokinetics 1511
Drug Interactions 1511
Other Warnings/Precautions 1511
Do Not Use 1512
TRAZODONE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 1512
Renal Impairment 1512
Hepatic Impairment 1512
Cardiac Impairment 1512
Elderly 1512
Children and Adolescents 1513
Pregnancy 1513
Breast Feeding 1513
TRAZODONE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1514
Potential Advantages 1514
Potential Disadvantages 1514
Primary Target Symptoms 1514
Pearls 1514
TRIAZOLAM 1517
TRIAZOLAM: THERAPEUTICS 1517
Brands 1517
Generic? 1517
Class 1517
Commonly Prescribed for 1517
How the Drug Works 1517
How Long Until It Works 1517
