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Drug Take Back

Good morning everyone, I am trying to organize a drug take back day at my facility and wanted to know if anyone has any experience with these events. My concerns are as follows: How to disseminate information about the event to the community? How many ...

Quite a bit of psych related updates in today's ASHP update

Hello all! Thought I would share in case some of you missed these updates. Enjoy and Happy Tuesday! Andy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ashp_daily_briefing < ashp_daily_briefing@ashp.custombriefings.com > Date: Tue, Mar ...

Where are Poly-Pharmacy Lines Drawn

List,   At your facility or institution where do you draw the line to require Prescribers to document awareness and rational of poly pharmacy?   Below is our current draft for P&T approval.    I ...

Global Clinical Impression Assessment

HI List, I am looking for the Global Clinical Impression assessment.  If you have it, or a site where I can obtain it, I would be so grateful. Thanks, Jean Tschampa, PharmD, LPC, CADC Lifecare

stimulants

Happy Friday list-   For all of you who have child/adolescent psych units- what stimulants (immediate release/sustained release) do you have on your hospital formulary?  In addition, do you have an auto subs for any ...

risperidal consta injection

Hi,   I have had several complaints from nursing regarding difficulty with the needle attachment on some of the risperdal consta injections.  Some of the issues have involved the medication leaking or the needle detaching during the ...

Alcohol Withdrawal

Hi Folks:   What is everyone doing for AWS management during the benzodiazepine shortage?    -- Sudha Narayanaswamy, PharmD, BCPP, CGP Assistant Vice President, Clinical Pharmacy Program GNYHA Services, Inc. ...

Electronic resources for psychiatric pharmacy practice

Hello all:  New to CPNP and to psychiatric pharmacy practice, worked in acute care hospital pharmacy before.  Seeking your collective wisdom, recently purchased an ipad2.  Are there programs you have used that would be best ...

Thoughts on Levetiracetam (Keppra) as a mood stabilizer

Greetings,   I am interested in hearing anyone’s thoughts on using levetiracetam (Keppra) as a mood stabilizer.  Specifically, our patient is a 38 yo male patient with a diagnosis of Schizoaffective disorder was recently ...

pregnant bipolar pt

You would think it was a Monday!!!   A 26 yo female with bipolar disease presented today with hypertriglyceridemia. After looking at her meds and doing some counseling regarding teratogenic effects, the pt had a pregnancy test.  It ...

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