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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 802
If It Doesn’t Work 803
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 803
Tests 803
IMIPRAMINE: SIDE EFFECTS 804
How Drug Causes Side Effects 804
Notable Side Effects 804
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 805
Weight Gain 805
Sedation 805
What to Do About Side Effects 805
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 805
IMIPRAMINE: DOSING AND USE 805
Usual Dosage Range 806
Dosage Forms 806
How to Dose 806
Dosing Tips 806
Overdose 806
Long-Term Use 806
Habit Forming 807
How to Stop 807
Pharmacokinetics 807
Drug Interactions 807
Other Warnings/Precautions 808
Do Not Use 809
IMIPRAMINE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 809
Renal Impairment 809
Hepatic Impairment 809
Cardiac Impairment 809
Elderly 810
Children and Adolescents 810
Pregnancy 811
Breast Feeding 811
IMIPRAMINE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 812
Potential Advantages 812
Potential Disadvantages 812
Primary Target Symptoms 812
Pearls 812
ISOCARBOXAZID 815
ISOCARBOXAZID: THERAPEUTICS 815
Brands 815
Generic? 815
Class 815
Commonly Prescribed for 815
How the Drug Works 815
How Long Until It Works 815
If It Works 815
If It Doesn’t Work 816
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 816
Tests 817
ISOCARBOXAZID: SIDE EFFECTS 817
How Drug Causes Side Effects 817
Notable Side Effects 818
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 818
Weight Gain 818
Sedation 818
What to Do About Side Effects 818
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 819
ISOCARBOXAZID: DOSING AND USE 819
Usual Dosage Range 819
Dosage Forms 819
How to Dose 819
Dosing Tips 819
Overdose 819
Long-Term Use 819
Habit Forming 820
How to Stop 820
Pharmacokinetics 820
Drug Interactions 820
Other Warnings/Precautions 821
Do Not Use 821
ISOCARBOXAZID: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 822
Renal Impairment 822
Hepatic Impairment 822
Cardiac Impairment 822
Elderly 822
Children and Adolescents 823
Pregnancy 823
Breast Feeding 823
ISOCARBOXAZID: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 824
Potential Advantages 824
Potential Disadvantages 824
Primary Target Symptoms 824
Pearls 824
KETAMINE 829
KETAMINE: THERAPEUTICS 829
Brands 829
Generic? 829
Class 829
Commonly Prescribed for 829
How the Drug Works 829
How Long Until It Works 829
If It Works 830
If It Doesn’t Work 830
Best Augmenting Combos for Partial Response or Treatment Resistance 830
Tests 830
KETAMINE: SIDE EFFECTS 830
How Drug Causes Side Effects 830
Notable Side Effects 830
Life-Threatening or Dangerous Side Effects 831
Weight Gain 831
Sedation 831
What to Do About Side Effects 831
Best Augmenting Agents for Side Effects 832
KETAMINE: DOSING AND USE 832
Usual Dosage Range 832
Dosage Forms 832
How to Dose 832
Dosing Tips 832
Overdose 833
Long-Term Use 833
Habit Forming 833
How to Stop 833
Pharmacokinetics 833
Drug Interactions 833
Other Warnings/Precautions 834
Do Not Use 834
KETAMINE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 834
Renal Impairment 834
Hepatic Impairment 834
Cardiac Impairment 834
Elderly 834
Children and Adolescents 834
Pregnancy 834
Breast Feeding 834
KETAMINE: THE ART OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 835
Potential Advantages 835
Potential Disadvantages 835
Primary Target Symptoms 835
Pearls 835
LAMOTRIGINE 838
LAMOTRIGINE: THERAPEUTICS 838
Brands 838
Generic? 838
Class 838
Commonly Prescribed for 838
How the Drug Works 839
How Long Until It Works 839
