This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Patients not horsing around when change of antidepressant makes them feel worse
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Patients not horsing around when change of antidepressant makes them feel worse
Wednesday 24 June 2020, 11:42 AM
“My horse doesn’t like me any more,” one of GP William Ferguson’s patients told him after switching from a branded anti-depressant to a generic [photo: Erin Dolson/Unsplash]
Switching to generics works very well for just about every drug. But, with psychotropic drugs, the literature contains recurring themes of patients de
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Ferguson W, Clapshaw L. Study of mental health outcomes associated with different brands of venlafaxine at the Kumeu medical centre from January 2017 to October 2018. Ther Adv Psychopharmacol 2020;10:1–12. Online 26 May.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2045125320927309