From the Editor

A brave new era of IV psychopharmacotherapy

Current Psychiatry. 2014 March;13(3):10-12
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The bottom line?

IV delivery of drugs might soon be a routine psychiatric “procedure.” Better brush up on your skills for starting an infusion!


Drug Brand Names

Benztropine • Cogentin Pentylenetetrazol • Metrazol
Clomipramine • Anafranil Physostigmine • Antilirium
Diphenhydramine• Benadryl Scopolamine • Scopace, Transderm-Scop
Droperidol • Inapsine Valproate • Depacon
Haloperidol • Haldol
Ketamine • Ketalar
Nitroprusside • Nitropress

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