The good news is that they are starting to work on figuring this out scientifically. I'm in a clinical trial (well my blood is right now) that is looking at my med levels for most of my psych meds (they have a huge panel of meds they are checking; I am on one rarely used med so it's not considered in the study) and how my body is metabolizing them. Right now it is the first round of the study to make sure the tests work. When 150 people have given blood for the first round (I think they're on track to be done in August) then they'll open the 2nd part of the study where my pdoc will actually get my results and see if the testing is useful. Because I always need very high or very low doses of meds we are very excited to get this testing back.
The hope is that eventually they'll be able to scientifically determine what meds are best for an individual based on labs and not so much trial and error for years on end. Until now this has been so expensive it wasn't possible but some company has developed new blood tests that are comprehensive and not so expensive.
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Originally Posted by Chickenkicker
6 meds seems like a lot, and when they add one here...one there...I don't know that prescribers or pharmacists ever take a step back and look at the big picture of 'wow...all of a sudden she's on 6 different medications...wonder if they all play nice together?' We assume they do this...but do they?
The interaction between these meds and the corresponding compatibility is something I'd sure like to know if I were you. I'm saying this because I had an egotistical jerk psych bomb me when I got out of hospital 3+ years ago. He had me so upside down on a variety of meds I lost 9mos in a severe fog.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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