Formulary

formulary question about stimulants

List, My institution's P&T wants our neuro/psych group to do a class review of "ADHD medications." Can you tell me how your facility handles stimulants that patients come in taking? Do you hold them during hospitalization? ...

fluphenazine dec shortage

Hi All,   I would like to know what others who have exhausted their fluphenazine dec supply are doing for patients stabilized on this LAI.  We have considered supplementing with oral fluphenazine, switching to haloperidol dec ...

Formulary Management

Hi List, I was wondering if anyone has encountered the belief by their medical director that because they are a psych facility that EVERY new psychotropic drug should be available for the psychiatrists to try? Also, what are some recent ...

Non-Formulary Request Policy

Hey List,   I am working on updating (strengthening) our non-formulary request policy and adding some procedural steps to help facilitate adherence with our formulary. Also I am looking to update the request form we use when a ...

High Alert Medications

Hi List,   Has anyone developed a high alert medication list for their inpatient psych facility they would be willing to share?   Christopher Ching, PharmD Inpatient Pharmacist Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health Center 3840 ...

Global Formulary Review: How Do We Integrate Pharmacogenomic Information?

OBJECTIVE: To summarize a standard formulary decision process and provide recommendations for the integration of pharmacogenomic (PGx) information within the formulary decision-making process.

DATA SOURCES: With use of MEDLINE (1920-March 2010), the terms "formularies, hospital" and "pharmacogenetics" were searched in the MeSH database, yielding no results. The MeSH terms were then searched separately in addition to searching for "rational drug therapy" and "essential medicines list" through the main PubMed database.

Nicotrol inhalers

I work on an acute inpatient psych unit.  We are currently considering adding Nicotrol inhalers to our formulary.  Currently our NRT choices are patches, gum & lozenges.  I am hesitant to add the inhalers for a couple reasons.  ...

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