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Items Tagged with 'olanzapine'

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Six Tips From Prescribing Psychotropics

August 1, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris Aiken, MD. 

Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Aiken, author for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

New answers to age-old questions, such as adjusting the dose to account for drug interactions, reducing side effects, maintaining weight, and protecting that finicky organ—the kidneys.


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Lybalvi: The Diet Olanzapine

January 31, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report.
Lybalvi hopes to lower the risk of weight gain on olanzapine by combining it with an opioid blocker (samidorphan). But how does it compare to generic options like metformin and naltrexone?
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The Schizophrenia-OCD Overlap

September 28, 2021
Michael Poyurovsky, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Michael Poyurovsky, MDMichael Poyurovsky, MD

Ma’ale HaCarmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel; Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Poyurovsky has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

OCD and schizophrenia often overlap, but treatment of this comorbidity is risky terrain. Dr. Poyurovsky explains when antidepressants should be avoided and details which antipsychotics are more likely to exacerbate OCD and which ones are more likely to help it.
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Medications to Rapidly Treat Psychotic Agitation

September 13, 2021
Victoria Hendrick, MD. and Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Victoria Hendrick, MD. Editor in Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

Daniel Carlat, MD. Publisher, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do you choose medications to calm an acutely psychotic and agitated patient? We'll tell you which ones are the safest and most effective.
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IM Olanzapine Plus Benzodiazepines: Safe or Unsafe?

September 13, 2021
Victoria Hendrick, MD. and Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Victoria Hendrick, MD. Editor in Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

Daniel Carlat, MD. Publisher, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

If you have ever tried to electronically prescribe IM olanzapine with an IM/IV/subcutaneous benzodiazepine, you have probably received an interaction alert warning about the potential for excessive sedation and cardiorespiratory depression. Is this warning justified? Let’s look at the data.
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Battle of the Bulge: Obesity and Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain

July 14, 2021
Farah Khorassani, PharmD. Clinical Assistant
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Farah Khorassani, PharmD. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, St. John’s University, Queens, NY. Dr. Khorassani has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
With so many weight loss medications on the market, it’s hard to know which to choose. Dr. Khorassani tells us everything we need to know to about selecting and prescribing these agents. Also, she gives us additional tips for managing antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
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Weight Gain and Metabolic Side Effects

July 14, 2021
Stephen Marder, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Stephen Marder, MDStephen Marder, MD

Daniel X. Freedman Professor of Psychiatry. Vice Chair for Education, Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA. Director, VA VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, San Diego, CA. 

Dr. Marder has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to educational activity. 

Dr. Steve Marder describes interventions to minimize patients’ antipsychotic-induced weight gain and insulin resistance.
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New Combination Treatment Mitigates Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain

July 14, 2021
Susie Morris, MD.
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Susie Morris, MD. Dr. Morris has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
When olanzapine is combined with an opioid-antagonist, patients gain less weight.
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Mood Stabilizers: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Them

October 6, 2020
Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD. Dr. Rosenlicht has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
There are many mood stabilizers to choose from, but which ones are the best tolerated? This meta-analysis looks at how they stack up in terms of weight gain, sedation, and overall discontinuation.
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Tips on Choosing an Antipsychotic for Schizophrenia

August 26, 2020
Which antipsychotics should we consider selecting as the first-line and second-line treatments, and what should we base this decision on? Dr. Aziz addresses this in a past article from The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Here’s some of his advice:Process: Tolerability instead of efficacy should be considered when selecting a first-line treatment.
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