Question 1

what is depot antipsychotic medication?

Accepted Answer

Long-actng injection: It is the delivery of a medication into a fat deposit by injection that slowly releases medication into the body over one to four weeks generally.  It is often a psychiatric medication or a hormone.  It an sometimes an important mode of delivery to effectively treat certain conditions under certain circumstances.  Do not get the picture of an institutionalized person being forced to be medicated.

Question 2

do depot antipsychotics (prolixin (fluphenazine) injection) have any advantages over oral antipsychotics (oral prolixin) other than medication adherence ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Depot antipsychotics can cause fewer side effects due to more steady blood levels than the oral form. They can promote more steady caregiver visits, providing more opportunities for questions and reports of symptoms or side effects. Since they do facilitate adherence - as you mentioned - they promote fewer symptom relapses and hospitalizations.

Question 3

what is your opinion on antipsychotics?

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Antipsychotics: These are powerful medications that can be very effective. They also can have significant side effects. They should be monitored closely.

Question 4

what class of antipsychotics are henothiazines?

Accepted Answer

Phenothiazine: Is a neuroleptic.

Question 5

what types of antipsychotic medications are there?

Accepted Answer

Newer v. Older: Older antipsychotics include drugs like haldol, thorazine, Mellaril and navane.  Newer agents include risperal, zyprexa, seroquel and geodon (ziprasidone).  The newer agents are associated with somewhat fewer side effects and long term complications such as tardive dyskinesia, but still have lots of side effects.  For many psychiatric disorders, they are the best treatments we have.

Question 6

is trileptal a antipsychotic med?

Accepted Answer

No: Trilptal (oxcarbazepine) is an anticonvulsant or anti seizure medication. It is occasionally used for mood stabilization in patients with bipolar disorder, but Depakote (valproic acid), Lamictal (lamotrigine), and lithium all have much more well established efficacy.

Question 7

how would antipsychotics help depression?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes needed: Occasionally, use of regular antidepressants alone cannot control moderate to severe depressive symptoms. In these cases, certain atypical antipsychotic  e.g. Abilify (aripiprazole) and Risperdal can be helpful. These medications should be prescribed by a physician with experience.

Question 8

are all antipsychotics  dopamine antagonist?

Accepted Answer

AA: All antipsychotics whether new or old have Dopamine blocking properties in the limbic region.

Question 9

does hydroxyzine have antipsychotic properties?

Accepted Answer

Not antipsychotic : We do use hydroxyzine often for anxiety but but not psychosis.  That being said, sometimes anxiety can be a cause of psychosis, so in that case if the underlying anxiety was treated it would also help the psychosis. I hope this helps.

Question 10

can typical antipsychotics be used for anxiety?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Atypical antipsychotics are occasionally used to treat anxiety. They can occasionally be helpful in post traumatic stress disorder anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder anxiety, and social anxiety. They are only rarely helpful in generalized anxiety, agoraphobia, simple phobias, or panic.

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