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Psychotropic Medicine Therapy
With a wide range of expertise, we are able to holistically treat our patient's conditions whether they originate from a single factor or combinations of many.
Medicine Prescription
Psychiatric medications influence the brain chemicals that regulate emotions and thought patterns. They’re usually more effective when combined with psychotherapy. In some cases, medicines can reduce symptoms, so other methods of a treatment plan can be more effective. For example, a medication can ease symptoms of depression like loss of energy and lack of concentration, allowing an individual to engage more in talk therapy.
However, predicting who will respond to what medication can be difficult because different medications may work better for one person than for another.
Courtesy of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Suboxone Therapy
Buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) is a medication that works in the brain to treat opioid use disorder. Opioids include heroin and prescription pain relievers such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, and fentanyl.
Buprenorphine is the active drug in buprenorphine/naloxone. Buprenorphine is known as a partial opioid agonist, which means it partially works like an opioid, and the effect is weaker than full agonists like heroin and methadone. It also has a “ceiling effect,” so the opioid effects level off even with further dose increases, which reduces the risk of misuse, dependency, and side effects. Buprenorphine lowers the effects of opioid withdrawal symptoms and cravings to use opioids without having full opioid potency or effects. This helps people who take the medication abstain from other opioids.
Symptoms of opioid use disorder include:
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Being unable to quit using opioids despite problems with health and relationships
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Needing more opioids to achieve the same effect
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Going through withdrawal symptoms (sweating, shaking, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, body aches, anxiety, irritability, runny nose) when unable to use opioids
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Spending the majority of time using or finding a way to use opioids
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Having a desire but an inability to decrease the amount of opioids used
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Giving up enjoyable activities in order to use opioids
Courtesy of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Spravato
Esketamine (Spravato) is an intranasal medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in conjunction with an oral antidepressant. It is also FDA-approved for major depressive disorder (MDD) with suicidal thoughts and behavior.
Symptoms of depression include:
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Depressed mood - feeling sad, empty, or tearful
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Feeling worthless, guilty, hopeless, and helpless
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Loss of interest or pleasure in your usual activities
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Sleep and eat more or less than usual (for most people, it is less)
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Low energy, trouble concentrating, or thoughts of death (suicidal thinking)
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Physical aches and pains such as headaches, stomach issues, or muscle pains
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Psychomotor agitation (‘nervous energy’)
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Psychomotor retardation (moving and thinking in slow motion)
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Suicidal thoughts or behaviors
Courtesy of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
