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b
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b b b b b b WD lowest bdue bto blong bhalf blife
b b b b b
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bwho bmiss bdoses bof btheir bmeds?
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blong bhalf-lives:
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b bdays-active b
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3.Brexipiprazole b(4 bdays) b b
4.Pimozide b(4-5 bdays) b b
5.Pimavanserin b(2 bdays, b b
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bis bstopped?
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b b b
1 b/ b
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,persist bup bto b2 bweeks bfollow- bing bstopping
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6. Most bpsychotropics bhave ba bmedium
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7. what bdoes b"steady bstate" bmean bin brelation steady bstate bmeans
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bto b1/2 blife? bthat byou bare
b b b
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beliminating bthe bdrug bat b b b b
bthe bsame boverall brate b b b b
bthat byou bare bingesting b b b b
bit b
8. Lithium breaches bits b'steady bstate' bwhen?
b b b b b 5 bhalf blives
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b b b b
bLithium b600 bmg bdaily
b b b b
Day b2: b(24 bhours blater)
b b b b
bthe bamount bleft bin bhis
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bbody bis b300 bmg b(day b2
b b b b b b
bmin) bbecause b24 bhours
b b b b
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2 b/b
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binitial bamount. b b
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b2nd bdose bof b600 bmg bon b b b b b b
bDAY b2-re- bsulting bin ba b b b b b
bmax bdose bof b900 b(300 b b b b b
bmg bleft bin bbody b+ b600 b b b b b b
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DAY b3: bstarts boff bwith b b b b
b450 bmg b(1/2 bof bthe b900 b b b b b b
bmg bin bpt's bsys- btem) b b b b b
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9. Due bto bthe bsteady bstate bof bLithium, bwhen bthe bpt bnow bhas ba btotal
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
bdo bwe bdraw ba bblood blevel?
b b b b b bof b1050 bmg.
b b b b
5 bhalf blives
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if byou bcheck bany bearlier,
b b b b
bthe btrough blevel bwill
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bunderesti- bmate bthe
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bactual blevel bthe bpt bis
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bon bafter bachieving
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bsteady bstate
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10. Fluoxetine bhas ba bhalf blife bof babout?
b b b b b b 2 bweeks b1/2 blife
b b b
take b2.5 bmonths bto
b b b
bachieve bsteady bstate
b b b
11. Most bpsychotropic bmedications boperate
b b b 12. induces bit's b
bin bthis bfashion:
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b bhastening bexcretion b
b band bshortening bit's b b
b bhalf blife b
3 b/ b
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bdose bdoubles."
b b
*minus bthree bSRIs band bthree b b b b
banticonvulsants b(Flu- boxetine,
b b b
bfluvoxamine, bpaxil, bgabapentin, bvalproate
b b b b
band bcarbamazepine)
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A. bCarbamazepine b(Tegre- btol) b b b
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