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#Medication for gord skin#

If risperidone and antiepileptics are already used why is lithium needed to be added to control behaviour? Also why is a psycho-stimulant used if already a number of psychotropics are used to control behaviour? If this is used for ADHD, why are the other psychotropics used for behaviour control? It seems that a number of psychotropic medications have been combined here in desperation without a proper formulation/rationale for this drug regime. If used simultaneously with sodium valproate, the dose of lamotrigine should be lower. Both sodium valproate and carbamazepine are used at a higher than recommended dose. Notice the poly-pharmacy of psychotropic medication here antipsychotic (risperidone) + antiepileptics (carbamazepine, sodium valproate, lamotrigine) + lithium (mood stabiliser) + psycho-stimulant (methylphenidate) + anticholinergic (procyclidine), and also the combination of three antiepileptic medication at a high dose. The above is not an atypical list of daily dose of medications for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Rectal diazepam + buccal midazolam as rescue medication for status epilepticus.

PRN (as required medication): Clobazam + Lorazepam.

#Medication for gord skin#

Ferrous Fumarate + Vitamins + Lactulose + cod liver oil + various skin ointments.

On the other hand, the merits and demerits of combining an antipsychotic with another group of psychotropic medication specifically for the management of problem behaviour in adults with ID are currently unknown.Ĭase study: Polypharmacy of psychotropic medication in people with intellectual disabilities. (g) difficulty in carrying out necessary investigations such as serum lithium level or blood tests for other adverse effects.ĭespite the widespread condemnation of and lack of evidence for the use of poly-pharmacy (simultaneous use of more than one) of antipsychotic medications, this practice remains widespread. (f) use of medication without explicit patient consent which often occurs in ID (e) out of licence use of psychotropic medications (d) overall lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviour including aggression (c) worry about adverse effects which could be difficult to assess, and inappropriate concomitant use of drugs to counteract adverse effects (a) excessive use of medication (poly-pharmacy, use of higher than recommended dose of antipsychotics) (b) long term use without reviews Some of the reasons for this concern are: There is public concern regarding the use of psychotropic medication in individuals with ID for the management of problem behaviour in the absence of a diagnosed psychiatric disorder (see case study below). All the studies on this have found that the rate of psychotropic use has remained the same after discharge from institutions, some showing a decrease in antipsychotic use at the expense of increased anti-depressant use, although overall there is an increase in the use of new generation replacing old generation antipsychotics.

The expectation that the use of psychotropic medication will decrease considerably once people with ID move out of long-stay institutions into the community has never materialised. These medications are used for both mental illness and also problem (challenging) behaviour for which they are not licenced. These medications are used in addition to existing high use of medication for physical problems. The rate of use of these medications varies between 32% and 85% some of these studies have reported the rate of antipsychotic use alone. Professor Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD, Imperial College London, Department of Medicine, Division of Brain Sciences medications such as antipsychotics, anti-depressants, mood stabilisers including anti-epileptic medications and lithium, anti-anxiety medications including benzodiazepines, psycho-stimulants, beta-adrenergic blockers, and opioid antagonists are used widely among people with intellectual disabilities (ID).