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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
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 2
Prescriber’s Guide 202
Contents 205
Introduction 210
List of icons 214
ACAMPROSATE 218
ACAMPROSATE: THERAPEUTICS 218
Brands 218
Generic? 218
Class 218
Commonly Prescribed for 218
How the Drug Works 218
How Long Until It Works 218
If It Works 218
If It Doesn’t Work 218
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 219
Tests 219
ACAMPROSATE: SIDE EFFECTS 219
How Drug Causes Side Effects 219
Notable Side Effects 219
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 219
Weight Gain 219
Sedation 219
What to Do About Side Effects 219
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 220
ACAMPROSATE: DOSING AND USE 220
Usual Dosage Range 220
Dosage Forms 220
How to Dose 220
Dosing Tips 220
Overdose 220
Long-Term Use 220
Habit Forming 221
How to Stop 221
Pharmacokinetics 221
Drug Interactions 221
Other Warnings/Precautions 221
Do Not Use 221
ACAMPROSATE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 221
Renal Impairment 221
Hepatic Impairment 221
Cardiac Impairment 221
Elderly 222
Children and Adolescents 222
Pregnancy 222
Breast Feeding 222
ACAMPROSATE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 222
Potential Advantages 222
Potential Disadvantages 222
Primary Target Symptoms 222
Pearls 222
AGOMELATINE 224
AGOMELATINE: THERAPEUTICS 224
Brands 224
Generic? 224
Class 224
Commonly Prescribed for 224
How the Drug Works 224
How Long Until It Works 224
If It Works 224
If It Doesn’t Work 225
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 225
Tests 226
AGOMELATINE: SIDE EFFECTS 226
How Drug Causes Side Effects 226
Notable Side Effects 226
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 226
Weight Gain 227
Sedation (Somnolence) 227
What to Do About Side Effects 227
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 227
AGOMELATINE: DOSING AND USE 227
Usual Dosage Range 227
Dosage Forms 227
How to Dose 227
Dosing Tips 228
Overdose 228
Long-Term Use 228
Habit Forming 228
How to Stop 228
Pharmacokinetics 228
Drug Interactions 228
Other Warnings/Precautions 228
Do Not Use 229
AGOMELATINE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 229
Renal Impairment 229
Hepatic Impairment 230
Cardiac Impairment 230
Elderly 230
Children and Adolescents 230
Pregnancy 230
Breast Feeding 230
AGOMELATINE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 231
Potential Advantages 231
Potential Disadvantages 231
Primary Target Symptoms 231
Pearls 231
ALPRAZOLAM 233
ALPRAZOLAM: THERAPEUTICS 233
Brands 233
Generic? 233
Class 233
Commonly Prescribed for 233
How the Drug Works 233
How Long Until It Works 234
If It Works 234
If It Doesn’t Work 234
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 234
Tests 235
ALPRAZOLAM: SIDE EFFECTS 235
How Drug Causes Side Effects 235
Notable Side Effects 235
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 235
Weight Gain 236
Sedation 236
What to Do About Side Effects 236
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 236
ALPRAZOLAM: DOSING AND USE 236
Usual Dosage Range 236
Dosage Forms 236
How to Dose 237
Dosing Tips 237
Overdose 238
Long-Term Use 238
Habit Forming 238
How to Stop 238
Pharmacokinetics 239
Drug Interactions 239
Other Warnings/Precautions 239
Do Not Use 240
ALPRAZOLAM: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 240
Renal Impairment 240
Hepatic Impairment 240
Cardiac Impairment 240
Elderly 240
Children and Adolescents 240
Pregnancy 241
Breast Feeding 241
ALPRAZOLAM: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 241
Potential Advantages 241
Potential Disadvantages 241
Primary Target Symptoms 242
Pearls 242
AMISULPRIDE 245
AMISULPRIDE: THERAPEUTICS 245
Brands 245
Generic? 245
Class 245
Commonly Prescribed for 245
How the Drug Works 245
How Long Until It Works 246
