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17 - Amisulpride, Asenapine, Lurasidone, Brexpiprazole, Cariprazine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

Jonathan M. Meyer  and
Stephen M. Stahl
Jonathan M. Meyer
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
Stephen M. Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, Riverside and San Diego
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Summary

The psychopharmacology field is moving toward a mechanism-based nomenclature to replace outmoded descriptors of molecules with multiple pharmacological properties. In addition to publications covering these efforts [15–17], a Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature website was created (https://nbn2r.com) where one can download a free smartphone app, and which posts twice-yearly glossary updates in May and September. For the sake of simplicity, the term second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) will be used in this chapter, but the antipsychotics described herein have a range of pharmacologic properties, and a wide variety of kinetic profiles. Moreover, with the exception of transdermal asenapine and cariprazine, the SGAs presented in this chapter represent a group that are generally available worldwide.

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The Clinical Use of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels
Stahl's Handbooks
 , pp. 337 - 371
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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