Psychotropic Drugs

Create a Weebly presentation.

For this assignment, you will choose one psychotropic drug that is metabolized by CYP450 enzymes and complete the following steps:

1. Create a brief (Weebly) presentation hypothesizing the outcome of prescribing this drug in the presence of its CYP450 inhibitor and inducer. Note: Please sign up (free) to use this site.
2. Answer the following questions:
   • What are examples of drugs that will inhibit and induce the psychotropic drug you chose to study? What will happen, e.g., side effects, symptoms in the patient if the psychotropic drug was prescribed along with either its (1) inhibitor or (2) inducer?
   • For which CYP450 enzyme/s is it a substrate?
   • What are the pharmacokinetic considerations when prescribing this medication (absorption, distribution, elimination)? Dietary considerations? Dosing times