Medication Management

Psychiatric medications often lead to a turning point in your life by improving the symptoms of your mental health disorder. As a neuropsychiatric medication management specialist, Janelle Haider, MD, and the experienced team at Treo Care in West Los Angeles, California, prescribe medications and schedule routine follow-ups to ensure each person’s symptoms improve. You can get neuropsychiatric medication management in the office or through convenient telehealth visits. Call the office or use the online booking feature today to learn if neuropsychiatric medications might make a difference in your life.

When would I need neuropsychiatric medication management?

Neuropsychiatric medications improve the symptoms caused by many mental health disorders, including:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Medication may be your only treatment, but in most cases, you get better results by combining medication with psychotherapy and holistic treatments recommended by your provider.

How does neuropsychiatric medication management improve my health?

Medication management helps you get the best results by:

Ensuring you get the right medication and dose

Your provider chooses from numerous medications for each mental health condition (for example, there are over 20 antidepressants). Additionally, every person’s metabolism responds to medications differently.

That means the medication that works for one person doesn’t work for everyone. And sometimes, you’ll need to try more than one medication before finding the one that works for you.

You can reduce or eliminate the trial-and-error process with pharmacogenomic testing that reveals how your metabolism responds to medications. But with or without testing, you’ll still need regular medication management appointments to be sure you’re getting the right medication and dose.

Providing long-acting injectables (LAIs)

If you need medications to treat hallucinations or delusions or to stabilize your mood, you may be able to get an LAI. One injection lasts several weeks or months (depending on the medication), ensuring you get the medication you need without worrying about taking a daily tablet.

Monitoring for side effects

Psychiatric medications have possible side effects. An important reason for medication management appointments is to monitor your health and be sure you don’t have signs of side effects.

What happens during neuropsychiatric medication management appointments?

Your first medication management appointment is longer than the rest because your Treo Care provider completes a psychiatric evaluation and determines if your symptoms are severe enough for medications.

Your provider explains your medication options, and you decide if you want to take it. If you do, they send the prescription to your pharmacy.

When you have follow-up medication management appointments, your provider learns how you’re doing, if your symptoms have improved, and if you have any side effects. They may refill the same prescription or change the dose or medication if needed to get better results.

Call Treo Care or use the online booking feature to schedule a neuropsychiatric medication management appointment today.