Outpatient Medication Review

In the outpatient setting, psychiatric medications, including hypnotics, will be reviewed with each visit. Medications may be changed pending adverse effects or when maximum dose has no optimum effect. Dose reductions are attempted annually to achieve optimal medication dosage level. Our goal is to prescribe the least amount of medication possible “less is more”, to prevent poly pharmacy. Labs will be ordered as needed to monitor medication dosage levels or for acute symptomology.