Clinical challenges in the dosing and titration of cariprazine

Autor: Čedo D. Miljević, Petar G. Vuković, Ana Munjiza-Jovanović
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1427482
Popis: The introduction of a new psychopharmaceutical medication instead of the previous one always poses a certain challenge. In the case of antipsychotics (AP), these problems are considerably more complicated and are mainly caused by the question of dose equivalents, but also by the pharmacokinetic properties of the drug. In the case of partial dopamine D2 agonists, an additional issue is the possibility of deterioration when switching from the previous D2 antagonists to these drugs. Cross-titration is therefore generally recommended. Finally, due to the capsule form, it is not possible to increase the dose of cariprazine by less than 1.5 mg during titration. In this paper, we have presented our proposal to replace the most commonly used second-generation APs with the third-generation AP cariprazine. We have taken into account the dose equivalents, the pharmacological forms of the drugs and their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties.
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