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Originally Posted by Squirrel1983
I am on 3mg of Risperdal a day (1mg in the morning, 2mg at bedtime) and just increased to 40mg of Prozac in the morning a week and a half ago (previous prozac dose was 20mg).
Never thought a pharmacist would know more about interactions than a doctor, but now that you said it, it makes sense.
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Seriously, we have learned so little pharmacology in med school that it is truly embarrassing.  We have had maybe like 2 lectures on pure pharmacology. We learn a lot about which drugs to use for which conditions, what the drugs do, the mechanism of action, and side effects. But the underlying pharmacology? Like which enzymes metabolize which drugs? Drug interactions? That kind of stuff? Nada. We don't learn ANY of that. But pharmacists spend a lot of time learning about the metabolism of different drugs, enzyme kinetics, and drug interactions.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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