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There is a plethora of drugs available to psychiatrists for treatment of mental illness, which can vary in efficacy, tolerability, metabolic pathways and drug-drug interactions. Psychotropics are the second most commonly listed therapeutic class mentioned in the FDA's Table of Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers in Drug Labeling. Pharmacogenomic (PGx) assays are increasingly used in psychiatry to help select safe and appropriate medication for a variety of mental illnesses. Our commercial laboratory offers PGx expert consultations by PharmDs and PhDs to clinician-users. Our database contains valuable information regarding the treatment of a diverse and challenging population.

Genomind offers a PGx assay currently measuring variants of 24 genes relevant for selection of drugs with a mental illness indication. SMAP activator concentration Since 2012 we have analyzed > 250,000 DNA samples. Between 10/18 - 8/20 6,401 reports received a consult. The data contained herein are derived from those consults. Consultants record information on prior ml". In addition, 94% reported that these consults were superior to PGx consults provided through other laboratories. Patient characteristics captured during consults via a Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) scale revealed that the majority of patients were moderately (54%) or markedly ill (23%). The most frequent symptoms reported were depression, anxiety, insomnia and inattentiveness.

The large variety of psychotropic drugs available to providers, and their highly variable response rates, tolerability, capacity for drug-drug interactions and metabolic pathways present a challenge for even expert psychopharmacologists. Consultation with experts in PGx provides additional useful information that may improve outcomes and decrease healthcare resource utilization. This database may provide future opportunities for machine learning algorithms to further inform implications of included gene variants.

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Genomind, Inc.The National Poison Data System (NPDS), is the data warehouse for the 55 US regional poison centers. While the primary role of a poison center is to provide medical management to the public and healthcare providers, a standardized database is used to collect case data. These data are routinely used to evaluate drug safety, including characterization of prescription medication misuse and abuse. While an effective therapy for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), prescription stimulant medications (RxStim) may be misused and abused, a behavior that has been noted as an emerging public health concern particularly in relation to polysubstance abuse. The objective of this study was to characterize intentional exposures to RxStim in patients age >12 y of age as managed by US poison centers from Jan 2015- 31 Dec 2019.NPDS cases of intentional exposure to a RxStim in a patient >12 y managed from Jan 2015-Dec 2019 were included for analysis. Intentional exposures are defined in the NPDS manual as exposures nd 14.0% lost to follow-up but judged as a potentially toxic exposure. Another 22.4% reported minimally bothersome effects. Admission to a healthcare facility was reported for 1 out of 3 cases and another 36.3% were treated/evaluated/released from a healthcare service. An average of 2.3 clinical effects were reported per exposure, the most common being neurological effects (53.2%; examples include agitation, drowsiness/lethargy, confusion, hallucinations/delusions, tremor), cardiovascular effects (50.8%; examples include tachycardia, hypertension), and gastrointestinal effects (9.4%; examples include vomiting, nausea).RxStim misuse and abuse cases managed by US poison centers most often leads to significant medical outcomes which require medical attention. The role of these medications in polysubstance abuse is concerning and suggestive of needed strategies to address this increasingly important public health concern.Funding Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC.Perampanel is an anti-epileptic drug reported to exert its effects in the central never system (CNS) by inhibiting post-synaptic glutamate receptors. The most commonly reported neuropsychiatric side effects are affective dysregulation with some reports of psychosis. However, the precise therapeutic mechanism is unknown. We report on a 32-year-old African American male with recurring generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizures, who presented to our hospital with onset of mood lability for several months, subsequent to adding perampanel to his antiepileptic medications. On presentation, perampanel administration was temporarily withheld, and subsequently, noted to be coincident with neuropsychiatric symptomatology, including motor weakness in emotional contexts. The mechanisms underlying cataplexy are complex and, in our patient, most likely induced by an interaction between perampanel and the wakeful inhibition of the sublaterodorsal nucleus projections.

The internet allows easy access for the sales of psychoactive agents that are not regulated by the FDA. Some of those agents are used to help manage anxiety, depression and sleep, such as tianeptine, etizolam, and phenibut. These medications have the potential for abuse and potentially leading to altered mental status when intoxicated or withdrawing. This presents a challenge to clinicians who may not be aware of availability of such substances. Available literature has discussed the use of above substances individually, but how do you treat if there is use of more than one substance with different mechanisms of actions? Here we present a case of an adult male who has used all three agents simultaneously, leading to a hospital admission.

A 32-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) for altered mental status (AMS). He has a documented history of anxiety but was never treated with prescription medications. No history of substance use was documented. He was self-medicating with concurrent usty managing poly-substance use/abuse and stresses the importance for physicians to screen for psychoactive agents purchased over the internet or over the counter to improve treatment outcomes. Continued discussions with patients regarding risks/benefits of use of such substances would be beneficial and help increase awareness.