Administration of a long-acting antipsychotic injection to a child while managing contraindicated polypharmacy interactions and transition between services
Akram, Gazala and Mitchell, Fiona (2019) Administration of a long-acting antipsychotic injection to a child while managing contraindicated polypharmacy interactions and transition between services. BMJ Case Reports, 12 (6). e228509. ISSN 1757-790X
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Abstract
Second-generation antipsychotics are used to treat a variety of psychiatric symptoms and illnesses as well as the behavioural aspects of various neurodevelopmental disorders. However, there is reluctance in using second-generation long-acting injectable antipsychotics in child psychiatry services. We present a case of a 12-year-old child whose presentation and medication regime warranted the use of aripiprazole long-acting injection against a backdrop of potential CYP P450 enzyme interactions as a consequence of polypharmacy. The case also describes the difficulties encountered working across different health sectors and agencies and highlights the ongoing need for skills-based Continuous Professional Development for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services-based nursing staff.
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Akram, Gazala ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 69169 |
Keywords: | antipsychotics drugs, child psychiatry, polypharmacy, Pharmacy and materia medica, Medicine(all), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all) |
Subjects: | Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica |
Department: | Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 01 Aug 2019 10:25 |
Last modified: | 21 Jan 2021 10:42 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69169 |
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