Articles by Swapnil Gupta, MD

How to Come Off a Psych Med Part 2: Antidepressants, Stimulants, and Benzos

March 11, 2021

Swapnil 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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How to Come Off a Psych Med Part 1: Antipsychotics

February 3, 2021

Swapnil Gupta, MD

Swapnil 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.

How do you taper off an antipsychotic? Swapnil Gupta gives a practical approach, and discusses dopamine hypersensitivity, a controversial theory that suggests antipsychotic withdrawal can cause dyskinesias, prolactinemia, and rebound psychosis.

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