{"title":"Postpartum Depression and Antibiotics Overuse in Pakistan: Exploring a Potential Nexus.","authors":"Shayan Ahmad, Asjad Munawar","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001877","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001877","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"446-447"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not All Mucosal Rashes After Lamotrigine Are Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae -Induced Rash and Mucositis and Review of Differential Diagnosis.","authors":"Connor Dean, Samantha Ongchuan, Sahil Munjal","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001857","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"314-316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140207040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jieru Ren, Ying Wang, Jing Nie, Lei Sun, Huina Wu, Yamei Li, Jiyong Wu
{"title":"Venlafaxine-Associated Rhabdomyolysis: A Literature Review.","authors":"Jieru Ren, Ying Wang, Jing Nie, Lei Sun, Huina Wu, Yamei Li, Jiyong Wu","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001838","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This systematic review aimed to investigate the clinical manifestations and characteristics of venlafaxine-associated rhabdomyolysis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Elsevier, Science Direct, Embase, Springer Link, Wiley Online Library, CNKI, and Wanfang databases from the date of database inception to January 2023. Previously reported cases of venlafaxine-associated rhabdomyolysis were identified, and relevant data from these cases were collected for descriptive statistical analysis. Cases that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated to determine the correlation between adverse reactions and venlafaxine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 12 patients with venlafaxine-associated rhabdomyolysis were included. None of these patients had a history of muscle pain or discomfort. Of the 12 patients, 5 patients received venlafaxine at doses of ≤225 mg/d, whereas the remaining 7 patients received doses exceeding 225 mg/d. The main clinical symptoms included myalgia, muscle weakness, and renal injury. All 12 patients discontinued venlafaxine and received symptomatic care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Venlafaxine, used either as a monotherapy or in combination with other drugs, may be associated with rhabdomyolysis. Creatine kinase levels may normalize or significantly decrease after discontinuation of venlafaxine and symptomatic treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"297-301"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140174956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Şükrü Alperen Korkmaz, Esra Koca, Özge Yilmaz, Tayfun Özbek, Muhammed Alperen Güçlü, Sadice Kizgin
{"title":"Real-World Evidence of Antipsychotic Monotherapy Versus Polypharmacy in the Treatment of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.","authors":"Şükrü Alperen Korkmaz, Esra Koca, Özge Yilmaz, Tayfun Özbek, Muhammed Alperen Güçlü, Sadice Kizgin","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001837","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001837","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/background: </strong>It is still not well known whether antipsychotic monotherapy versus polypharmacy differs in terms of efficacy in the emergency department (ED) utilization, presentation with agitation/aggression, and rehospitalization in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) patients. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of antipsychotic monotherapy and polypharmacy for these outcomes in the real world.</p><p><strong>Methods/procedures: </strong>The study was conducted with electronic health records of 669 SSD patients admitted to the ED. Patients were evaluated in 4 groups according to antipsychotic use at the first admission to ED: antipsychotic noncompliance for more than 90 days, antipsychotic noncompliance for 15 to 90 days, antipsychotic monotherapy, and polypharmacy. All patients followed up for at least 1 year after index admission. The primary outcomes determined an association between antipsychotic monotherapy versus polypharmacy and all-cause psychiatric hospitalization between the groups after index admission in the SSD.</p><p><strong>Findings/results: </strong>The groups, including patients with antipsychotic noncompliance, had higher ED visits, more hospitalizations, and more admissions with agitation/aggression compared with antipsychotic monotherapy or polypharmacy. However, no differences were found between monotherapy and polypharmacy groups regarding these outcomes. In addition, there was no difference in the risk of hospitalization in monotherapy antipsychotic users compared with polypharmacy users. Patients discharged with monotherapy or polypharmacy also had similar rehospitalization rates at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Implications/conclusions: </strong>There is no positive evidence that recommending polypharmacy over antipsychotic monotherapy is superior with regard to the resulting frequency of ED visits, ED admissions with agitation/aggression, hospitalization, and rehospitalization. In this context, antipsychotic monotherapy may be preferred over polypharmacy in patients who are not resistant to treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"250-257"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140136869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Santiago Pedraza-Sanabria, Seetal Dodd, Luis Fernando Giraldo-Cadavid, Karen Whittingham, Rosa-Helena Bustos
{"title":"Existing and Emerging Technologies for Therapeutic Monitoring of Lithium: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Santiago Pedraza-Sanabria, Seetal Dodd, Luis Fernando Giraldo-Cadavid, Karen Whittingham, Rosa-Helena Bustos","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001835","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/purpose: </strong>Lithium is an effective psychoactive drug. It has a narrow therapeutic margin, with subtherapeutic levels or intoxication commonly occurring. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of lithium has several barriers. This scoping review aims to describe and analyze existing and emerging technologies for lithium TDM and to describe the lithium quantification parameters (precision, accuracy, detection limit) attributed to each technology.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched. Studies that described lithium quantification and complied with PRISMA-ScR guidelines were included. Articles selection was conducted by 2 researchers. Good precision was defined if its relative standard deviation <3%; acceptable, from 3% to 5%; and low, >5%. Accuracy was considered good if the error <5%; acceptable, 5%1 to 0%; and low if it was >10%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 2008 articles found, 22 met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 14 studies concerned laboratory devices, in which precision was found to be low in one third of cases, and half had good precision. Accuracy of one third was good, another third was low, and the remaining third did not report accuracy. The other 8 studies concerned portable devices, in which precision was low in more than 60% of the cases and good in 25% of the studies. Accuracy was low in 50% of the cases, and good in just over a third. Limits of detection included the therapeutic range of lithium in all studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among emerging technologies for lithium TDM, precision and accuracy remain a challenge, particularly for portable devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"291-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140136867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Article Selected to Receive the Mitchell B. Balter Award.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000001874","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"44 3","pages":"211"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah M Carroll, Christopher J McDougle, Robyn P Thom
{"title":"N -acetylcysteine for Trichotemnomania in an Adult Female With Williams Syndrome.","authors":"Hannah M Carroll, Christopher J McDougle, Robyn P Thom","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001827","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001827","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"321-323"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140143627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meg Guard, Alyssa K Labonte, Molly Mendoza, Michael J Myers, Maida Duncan, Andrew T Drysdale, Emily Mukherji, Tahir Rahman, Mini Tandon, Jeannie C Kelly, Emily Cooke, Cynthia E Rogers, Shannon Lenze, Chad M Sylvester
{"title":"Brexanolone Treatment in a Real-World Patient Population: A Case Series and Pilot Feasibility Study of Precision Neuroimaging.","authors":"Meg Guard, Alyssa K Labonte, Molly Mendoza, Michael J Myers, Maida Duncan, Andrew T Drysdale, Emily Mukherji, Tahir Rahman, Mini Tandon, Jeannie C Kelly, Emily Cooke, Cynthia E Rogers, Shannon Lenze, Chad M Sylvester","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001859","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/background: </strong>Brexanolone is approved for postpartum depression (PPD) by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Brexanolone has outperformed placebo in clinical trials, but less is known about the efficacy in real-world patients with complex social and medical histories. Furthermore, the impact of brexanolone on large-scale brain systems such as changes in functional connectivity (FC) is unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods/procedures: </strong>We tracked changes in depressive symptoms across a diverse group of patients who received brexanolone at a large medical center. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores were collected through chart review for 17 patients immediately prior to infusion through approximately 1 year postinfusion. In 2 participants, we performed precision functional neuroimaging (pfMRI), including before and after treatment in 1 patient. pfMRI collects many hours of data in individuals for precision medicine applications and was performed to assess the feasibility of investigating changes in FC with brexanolone.</p><p><strong>Findings/results: </strong>The mean EPDS score immediately postinfusion was significantly lower than the mean preinfusion score (mean change [95% CI]: 10.76 [7.11-14.40], t (15) = 6.29, P < 0.0001). The mean EPDS score stayed significantly lower at 1 week (mean difference [95% CI]: 9.50 [5.23-13.76], t (11) = 4.90, P = 0.0005) and 3 months (mean difference [95% CI]: 9.99 [4.71-15.27], t (6) = 4.63, P = 0.0036) postinfusion. Widespread changes in FC followed infusion, which correlated with EPDS scores.</p><p><strong>Implications/conclusions: </strong>Brexanolone is a successful treatment for PPD in the clinical setting. In conjunction with routine clinical care, brexanolone was linked to a reduction in symptoms lasting at least 3 months. pfMRI is feasible in postpartum patients receiving brexanolone and has the potential to elucidate individual-specific mechanisms of action.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"240-249"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11177577/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140318396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists in Psychiatry.","authors":"Hubertus Himmerich, Susan L McElroy","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001869","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001869","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"44 3","pages":"207-210"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Greg Noe, Kaushal Shah, Margaret Cinderella, Sahil Munjal
{"title":"Multiple Medication Use Resulting in Serotonin Syndrome With Deprescribing Resulting in Acute Dystonia.","authors":"Greg Noe, Kaushal Shah, Margaret Cinderella, Sahil Munjal","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001831","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001831","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"326-328"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140136868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}