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Medication Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Teens

July 25, 2022

Second-generation antipsychotics routinely breach the FDA’s level of concern of >7% body weight gain. This article examines the efficacy and safety of using off-label medications, such as metformin, to manage this side effect.

RESEARCH UPDATE

Antipsychotics for Methamphetamine Psychosis

January 18, 2022

Sanya Virani, MD.

Sanya Virani, MD. Dr. Virani has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

In this network meta-analysis, researchers compared different antipsychotics head-to-head for the treatment of methamphetamine psychosis and found some clear winners are losers.

Combination Treatment for Schizophrenia

April 12, 2021

T. Scott Stroup, MD, MPH

T. Scott Stroup, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NY. Dr. Stroup has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Dr. T. Scott Stroup, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, reveals surprising findings from his research on the use of adjunctive medications for schizophrenia.

An Antipsychotic Patch

November 15, 2019

Chris Aiken, MD.

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

Secuado, the first transdermal patch for schizophrenia, is newly approved version of asenapine (aka Saphris). It promises to reduce side effects and enhance adherence. However, it adds a new side effect of its own, and transdermal delivery isn’t clearly better than sublingual, which is how the older Saphris is absorbed.