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What medication management strategies exist for children with neurodevelopmental disorders who respond poorly to stimulants and have intolerable side effects on antipsychotics?

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Psychiatry · LSUHSC School of Medicine
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Although neurodevelopmental disorders include ASD, ADHD, communication disorders, intellectual developmental disorders, tic disorders, and motor disorders, I will focus on ASD and ADHD, based on the question. And although the various stimulants and antipsychotic medications have different side effects and in a real-world scenario, based on actual patient symptoms and behaviors, I might try another antipsychotic if one or two appear to be intolerable for the patient, I will assume that all stimul...

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Psychiatry · Center for Collaborative Parenting
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What precisely are you trying to treat?

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