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Create a 3- to 4-page (excluding visual elements) Medication Study Guide for your assigned psychotropic medication agents that may be utilized by you and colleagues for study. Your medication guide should be in the form of an outline and should include a title page, citations, and references. Yo...

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Create a 3- to 4-page (excluding visual elements) Medication Study Guide for your assigned psychotropic
medication agents that may be utilized by you and colleagues for study. Your medication guide should be in the
form of an outline and should include a title page, citations, and references. You should incorporate visual
elements, such as concept maps, charts, diagrams, images, color coding, mnemonics, and/or flashcards. Be
creative!
Note: Your Medication Study Guide should not be in the format of an APA paper.
Also Note: Your guide should be informed by the FDA-Approved and Evidenced-Based, Clinical Practice Guidelines
Research.
Areas of importance that you should address—but are not limited to—include:
Title page
Description of the psychopharmacological medication agent, including brand and generic names, as well as
appropriate FDA indication uses
Any supporting, valid, and reliable research for non-FDA uses
Drug classification
The medication mechanism of action
The medication pharmacokinetics
The medication pharmacodynamics
Appropriate dosing, administration route, and any considerations for dosing alterations
Considerations of use and dosing in specific specialty populations, such as children, adolescents, elderly, pregnant
people, those exhibiting suicidal behaviors, etc.
Definition of half-life, why half-life is important, and the half-life for your assigned medication
Side effects/adverse reactions potential
Discuss clinical concerns with EPS and Tardive Dyskinesia
Note: Be sure to include screening tools that would be utilized.
Contraindications for use including significant drug to drug interactions
Overdose considerations
Diagnostics and labs monitoring comorbidities considerations
Legal, ethical, and social considerations
Pertinent patient education considerations




Perphenazine

Perphenazine

I. Medication Description, Brand and Generic Names, and FDA Indication Uses.
 Perphenazine is a conventional antipsychotic that works by reducing abnormal brain
excitement.
 The drug's generic name is Amitriptyline-Perphenazine, and the brand name is Etrafon.
 The drug is in the class of Psychotherapeutic Combos/phenothiazines for treating
depression-related mental disorders (Liu, 2022)

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 The indication uses involve treating schizophrenia symptoms
II. Research On Non-FDA Uses
 Managing bipolar disorder symptoms
 Controlling severe vomiting and nausea in adults
 They treat symptoms associated with hallucinations (perceptual abnormalities) and
delusions (irrational, false, and fixed beliefs) (Liu, 2022)
III. Drug Classification
 Perphenazine is classified as conventional antipsychotics (typical
antipsychotics)/phenothiazines (Liu, 2022)
 The drug contains anxiolytic and sedating properties
 The two properties make the drug appropriate for managing agitated psychotic patients
IV. The Medication Mechanism Of Action
 Perphenazine binds to dopamine receptors to inhibit their activities
 They achieve this role by binding to both dopamine D1 and D2 receptors
 The drug blocks dopamine neurotransmitter receptors within the vomiting center and
trigger sites

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