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Home » deprescribing

Articles Tagged with ''deprescribing''

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How to Stop a Psychiatric Med

November 1, 2024
Mark Horowitz, MBBS, PhD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Research and Development Department, Goodmayes Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, UK; Visiting Lecturer in Psychopharmcology, King’s College London. Co-author of The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines (Wiley-Blackwell; 2024).

Dr. Horowitz is cofounder and consultant for Outro Health. Dr. Aiken has reviewed this educational activity and has determined that there is no commercial bias as a result of this financial relationship.

Dr. Horowitz explains the principle, practicalities, and science of tapering psychiatric medications. 


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Unraveling Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

September 26, 2024
Awais Aftab, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Awais Aftab, MD. Psychiatrist in Cleveland, Ohio, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Author of the online newsletter Psychiatry at the Margins.

Dr. Aftab has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Patient advocacy groups are adamant that it exists. European regulators have given it the stamp of approval. Here, we look at the evidence that sexual dysfunction can persist long after stopping an SSRI.


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Deprescribing Anti-anxiety Meds in Older Adults

March 25, 2024
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

All sorts of medications are prescribed for anxiety in older adults. Today, we look at when and how to discontinue them.



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Clinical Update

Addressing Polypharmacy in Older Adults

January 1, 2024
Jose Antonio Ribas Roca, MD and Carolyn TK Tran, PhD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Jose Antonio Ribas Roca, MD. Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Carolyn TK Tran, PhD. Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Dr. Ribas Roca and Dr. Tran have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Managing polypharmacy in older adults can be tricky, especially when multiple clinicians are involved. We offer tips on how to find the right medication and dose while avoiding prescribing cascades. We also discuss how to use shared decision-making to deprescribe. 


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Clinical Update

Tapering Antipsychotics

November 1, 2023
Charmi Patel Rao, MD, DFAACAP
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
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Charmi Patel Rao, MD, DFAACAP. Director of Psychiatric Services, Positive Development; Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; UCSD, San Diego, CA.

Dr. Patel Rao has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Antipsychotics offer remarkable, even lifesaving treatment for children and adolescents, however, their side effects include metabolic and neurologic problems, including neurotoxicity. This clinical update guides you through a rational process for employing these powerful medications when necessary but also reducing and discontinuing them when possible.


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Psychotherapy and Medication in Recurrent Depression

June 29, 2021
Giovanni Fava, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics and author of over 500 scientific papers. His book, Discontinuing Antidepressant Medications, is due from Oxford University Press in 2021. Dr. Fava has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Antidepressants treat depression, but patients need something more to prevent future episodes. Giovanni Fava describes an evidence-based method that blends medication with psychotherapy in two phases: sequential treatment for prevention of depression.
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How to Come Off a Psych Med Part 2: Antidepressants, Stimulants, and Benzos

March 11, 2021
Swapnil Gupta, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Swapnil Gupta, MDSwapnil Gupta, MD

Associate Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Co-author of Deprescribing in Psychiatry (Oxford, 2019). Dr. Gupta has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

What do you do when a patient comes to you on a high dose of Adderall and Klonopin without any clear reason to be on them? Swapnil Gupta tackles this in part II of our interview on deprescribing, and describes how to fine-tune and microdose antidepressants and benzodiazepines to manage withdrawal symptoms.
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Are SSRIs Associated With Increased Rates of Violence?

February 3, 2021
Michael Posternak, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Michael Posternak, MD. Dr. Posternak has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
SSRIs are often used to reduce irritability, but questions about they can cause violence have loomed over these antidepressants since the early 1990’s. This new study, with 700,000 patients followed over 7 years, suggests they can.
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How to Switch Antipsychotics

February 3, 2021
Peter Smith, PsyD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Peter Smith, PsyD. Dr. Smith has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Should you stop the old antipsychotic and start the new? Or gradually cross-taper them? This new meta-analysis compared three titration strategies to find the best way to switch from one antipsychotic to another in schizophrenia.
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Rest Easy: Benzos, Z-Drugs, and Dementia

December 31, 2020
James Jenkins, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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James Jenkins, MD. Dr. Jenkins has disclosed that he has stock in Alkermes, Sage Therapeutics, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Trevena, and Viatris. Dr. Aiken has reviewed this article and has found no evidence of bias pertaining to this educational activity.
It may not be perfect, but this study has the best data yet on the controversial link between benzodiazepines and dementia.
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