Psychotropic drug

About: Psychotropic drug is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2309 publications have been published within this topic receiving 54070 citations.

Zur Interaktion von Phenprocoumon mit Chlordiazepoxid

Abstract: The influence of Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) on the anticoagulating activity of Phenprocoumon (Marcumar) was investigated in rats. It was found that this psychotropic drug influences neither the anticoagulating activity nor the normal prothrombin-time when it is applied alone or together with Phenprocoumon. However, the prothrombin-time is shortened when Chlordiazepoxide is withdrawn and the feeding of Phenprocoumon is continued.

A Case of Barbiturate Poisoning From Pentobarbital in a Young Japanese Patient

Abstract: Concomitant prescriptions of psychotropic drugs such as sleeping pills, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medications are common. The relationship between the number of psychotropic drug prescriptions and the incidence of drug overdose has not been reported. However, efforts have been made to reduce the number of concomitant prescriptions hoping that fewer prescriptions of multiple drugs will lower the incidence of drug overdoses. Furthermore, among sleeping pills, prescriptions of barbiturates have been gradually decreasing due to the risk of severe side effects and addiction. This report features a case of an overdose of pentobarbital tablets that caused the classic medical triad (impaired consciousness, hypotension, and hypothermia) of barbiturate intoxication under the characteristics of borderline personality disorder.

Psychopharmacology in Medical Practice—The Benefits and the Risks

Abstract: Psychopharmacology has become a major approach to treatment in primary medical care. However, combined psychiatric and medical illness can give rise to some challenging diagnostic problems. Furthermore, drug treatment of patients with such illnesses can involve important drug-disease interactions and drug-drug interactions. One should keep in mind the issues that arise when an emotionally troubled patient would benefit from a psychotropic drug but a concurrent medical illness complicates this treatment. An awareness of both the medical and psychiatric issues involved may make successful treatment possible.

Psychotropic drug prescribing in Australia.

Abstract: as it has developed to date, has a limited ability to generate pregnancies in anyone treatment cycle, the system appears durable enough to allow reproducibility by units which have undertaken a relatively short training programme for medical personnel and junior scientists by the application of an established working protocol. It may be dependent on quality control procedures that are undertaken at a major established invitro fertilization unit, such as that provided at the PIVET Medical Centre. Culture media and all equipment that will come into contact with gametes and embryos undergo assessment by means of a mouse model, which tests the rate of development of one-cell fertilized oocytes to expanded blastocysts; any materials where this rate is less than 90010 are not accepted. John L. Yovich, MD PIVET Medical Centre 166-168 Cambridge Street LeederviIIe, WA 6007 Haris Hamzah, MRCOG Subang Jaya Medical Centre I Jalan SS 12/IA 47500 Subang Jaya Selangor, Malaysia Harris Massouras, MD In-vitro Fertilization Unit Maieftirion Athinon Hospital 3 Marasli Street Athens, Greece 10676 I. Yovich JL. Infertility and fertility female. In: Hawkins R, ed. Treatment and prognosis in obstetrics and gynaecology. London: William Heinemann, 1987 (in press).