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Hyponatremia with antipsychotics

Hi List,     I was wondering if anyone had information regarding a comparison of the risk of hyponatremia with antipsychotics.   Thanks,     Lenny       Leonard Partanna, PharmD, CGP, BCPP ...

Start by picking low hanging fruit

An easy way to make progress in the greening of medicine would be for the NHS to reduce, even better stop, serving animal products.1 Such leadership might inspire healthy behaviour in users.The NHS...

Metabolic syndrome monitoring -baseline

Wondering how others that are monitoring metabolic syndrome define "baseline" for patients admitted to your facility already on a SGA. Do you r etrospectively try to find the weight prior to starting the medication or do you just ...

Patient Question Regarding Invega Sustenna/ fluphenazine decanoate

Good morning- We have a 40 year old male patient with schizophrenia who recieved Invega Sustenna 234mg last Thursday, but does not want to continue with this medication due to increased agitation. He has been on Prolixin 20mg po qhs since 12/19 without ...

The theory of planned behavior: Precursors of marijuana use in early adolescence?

Publication year: 2011Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Available online 6 November 2011Monique Malmberg, Geertjan Overbeek, Ad A. Vermulst, Karin Monshouwer, Wilma A.M. Vollebergh, ...

Joking, pretending with toddlers gives them head start in life skills

Parents who joke and pretend with their toddlers are giving their children a head start in terms of life skills. Most parents are naturals at playing the fool with their kids, says a new research project. However parents who feel they may need a little help in doing this can learn to develop these life skills with their tots.

EKG & Drug Level Monitoring

Dear list mates,   The head psychiatrist at our facility came to pharmacy to ask us to start a protocol for the doctors as far as monitoring EKG's for patients.  The QTc prolongation issue was recently brought up because of the issue ...

New instrument helps researchers see how diseases start and develop in minute detail

Researchers can now study molecules which are normally only found in very small concentrations, directly in organs and tissue. Researchers have now managed to construct an instrument that 'hyperpolarises' the molecules and thus makes it possible to track them using MRI. The technology opens up new possibilities to study what really happens on molecular level in organs such as the brain.

Pharmacist-led patient medication groups

Hello all,   I am looking to start a series of patient groups in an outpatient psychiatric clinic which primarily cares for schizophrenia and bipolar patients. The groups will be mainly led by pharmacy residents and student ...

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