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- Long-Acting Injection (LAI) Antipsychotic Quick Reference Chart
If initial dose >100 mg, give in 2 injections, 3-7 days apart (ex If patient’s dose is 250mg, give 100 mg on day 1, then remaining 150 mg 3-7 days later)
- Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics (LAIs) - PsychDB
Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Antipsychotics are antipsychotics delivered via intramuscular injection that can provide medication coverage from a period of weeks to months Once stabilized on an LAI, patients rarely will need oral antipsychotic supplementation
- Long-Acting Injectables (LAIs) | National Alliance on Mental . . .
What is a long-acting injectible (LAI)?
- What You Need to Know About Long-Acting Injectables (LAIs)
LAIs are medicationswhich are made to help individuals living with mental illness LAIs may help to reduce time in the hospital and increase quality of life LAI injections are given every 2-12 weeks depending on which medication is best This schedule may help individuals stick to a medication plan
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- Psychiatric Pharmacy Essentials: Long-acting Injectable . . .
They offer several benefits compared to oral therapy, including confirmed patient adherence, consistent drug delivery, predictable bioavailability, and prevention of antipsychotic overdose LAIs are commonly used with the notion that they will decrease relapse rates by improving medication adherence; however, the data is limited
- Introduction to Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics and . . .
Access the full LAI Training Program Describe the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder Identify advantages and disadvantages for the use of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics
- LAI Resources: Pocket Guide, Videos, Administrative Toolkit
The pocket guide is a resource that pharmacists and other members of the health care team can easily access in practice to quickly locate key information on each of the available psychotropic LAIs
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