Savvy Psychopharmacology
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Using SNRIs to prevent migraines in patients with depression
Ms. D, age 45, has major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), migraines, and hypertension.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Drug-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: Rare but serious
Mr. P, age 67, presents to the clinic with vision changes and memory loss following a fall in his home due to limb weakness.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
How bariatric surgery affects psychotropic drug absorption
Ms. B, age 60, presents to the clinic with high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, depression, and anxiety.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Smoking cessation: Varenicline and the risk of neuropsychiatric adverse events
Mr. T, age 34, is a veteran who recently returned to civilian life.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Sublingual buprenorphine plus buprenorphine XR for opioid use disorder
Mr. L, age 31, presents to the emergency department (ED) with somnolence after sustaining an arm laceration at work.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Deprescribing in older adults: An overview
Mr. J, age 73, has a 25-year history of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Psychiatric and nonpsychiatric indications for mood stabilizers and select antiepileptics
Mr. B, age 64, is being treated in the psychiatric clinic for generalized anxiety disorder. He also has a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Nonpsychiatric indications for antidepressants and antipsychotics
Ms. A, age 45, is hospitalized for abdominal pain. She is noted to have hiccups, the onset of which she reports was >1 month ago and d...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Antipsychotic-induced priapism: Mitigating the risk
Mr. J, age 35, is brought to the hospital from prison due to priapism that does not improve with treatment. He says he has had priapism 5 t...
Case-Based Review
Using measurement-based care to improve outcomes for patients with depression
Ms. H, age 42, is being treated by her family physician for her second episode of major depressive disorder (MDD). When she was 35, Ms. H...
Case-Based Review
Calcineurin inhibitor–induced psychosis
Mrs. C, age 68, is experiencing worsening paranoid delusions. She believes that because she lied about her income when she was younger, the FBI...