If only they really worked like magic :-/

[casu_consulto]

I've been reading up on psychotropic medications, mainly because a lot of clients at my current placement are on medications, and I'm tired of people saying "Oh, he's been on clozapine for five years" and expecting me to understand the significance of this

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[happydog]

I never thought of them as Harry Potter spells, but that's excellent. They definitely work in that context.

I always think of them as names in some science fiction book/movie.

"Captain's Log, Stardate 3.1417. We are currently orbiting Zyprexa in the Alprazolam system. Starfleet assigned us here to attend the Librium ceremony staged by the Avanza in honor of Modecate, their treaty of peace with the Federation and the Klingon empire...

[casu_consulto]

ROFL!

Can I add: "Rispen and Geodon of the Vulcan High Command have expressed skepticism about this mission, believing it to be a Klingon trap. However, the Klingon emperor Symbax, as well as the Avanzan president Mellaril, have guaranteed our safety, and both would suffer dishonour if the Enterprise were to be attacked. Nevertheless, our Trifalon weapons are primed and ready for launch."

:-)

[agsilver]

I think that there's something wrong with my extended family, that I had a good time matching up those medications with the various family members that have been on them.

I had no idea that Zyprexa was atypical. I'm sure at least two cousins have been on it. Is there another one that sounds like that? What makes it unusual to prescribe it?

[casu_consulto]

IIRC, the label "atypical" doesn't mean strange/unusual, it just means that it's different to the original drugs used to treat psychosis. My darling Wikipedia suggests that the original major tranquilisers are also variously called conventional or classical, and the atypical antipsychotics are also referred to as "second wave antipsychotics". My suspicion is that these days, the "atypical" antipsychotics are more widely prescribed than the classical ones, because they tend to have fewer of the side effects typically associated with tranquilisers (although, notably, Clozapine can cause agranulocytosis.)

So there ya go. Your family are only as "atypical" as you previously concluded. ;-)