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Research Update

Probiotics, Dietary Fiber, and Antipsychotic Weight Gain

July 3, 2023

Jeffrey Cardenas, MD

Jeffrey Cardenas, MD. Dr. Cardenas has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Probiotics may reduce metabolic side effects on antipsychotics, but do they need dietary fiber to work?

Research Update

Paliperidone ER vs Olanzapine for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

June 1, 2023

Zachary Davis

Zachary Davis. Mr. Davis has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

A study identifies which of two antipsychotics has the most favorable side effect profile.

CLINICAL UPDATE

Six Tips From Prescribing Psychotropics

August 1, 2022

Chris Aiken, MD

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.

Lybalvi: The Diet Olanzapine

January 31, 2022

Chris Aiken, MD.

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?

EXPERT Q&A

The Schizophrenia-OCD Overlap

September 28, 2021

Michael Poyurovsky, MD

Michael 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.

Medications to Rapidly Treat Psychotic Agitation

September 13, 2021

Daniel Carlat, MD

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.

IM Olanzapine Plus Benzodiazepines: Safe or Unsafe?

September 13, 2021

Daniel Carlat, MD

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.

Battle of the Bulge: Obesity and Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain

July 14, 2021

Farah Khorassani, PharmD. Clinical Assistant

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.

Weight Gain and Metabolic Side Effects

July 14, 2021

Stephen Marder, MD

Stephen 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.

New Combination Treatment Mitigates Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain

July 14, 2021

Susie Morris, MD.

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.