17 Jan Construct a 5- to 6-page paper discussing each of the four traditional mood stabilizer medications

This Assignment is designed to help you analyze the many considerations for prescribing mood stabilizers, as well as organizing the many different lab components to consider when prescribing to a patient.

Resources

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WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare

· Review the Required Learning Resources.

· Review indications and considerations for traditional mood stabilizer psychopharmacology treatments, including carbamazepine, lamotrigine, lithium, and valproate products.

The Assignment

Construct a 5- to 6-page paper discussing each of the four traditional mood stabilizer medications: carbamazepine, lamotrigine, lithium, and valproate products. Support your answers with five (5) evidence-based, peer-reviewed scholarly literature.

Note: APA style format will apply.

Your paper should include the following for each:

· Proposed mechanism of action

· Baseline assessment, laboratory considerations, and frequency of ongoing labs and assessments Note: Discuss the importance of assessment and labs.

· Special population considerations (birth assigned gender, age, other medical comorbidity considerations)

· FDA approval indications

· Typical dosing with discussion on therapeutic endpoints for psychiatric use

· Major drug–drug interaction considerations

· For each of these medications, please review potential drug–drug interactions listed below. Consider alternative dosing schedules, clinical implications for the drug interactions, additional patient education needed, any additional monitoring recommended, or collaboration needed with other medical professions (such as, primary care providers)

· Lamotrigine + Valproate

· Lamotrigine + Rifampin

· Valproate + Estrogen containing birth control.

· Valproate + Amitriptyline

· Lithium + Furosemide

· Lithium + Lisinopril

· Carbamazepine + Lurasidone

· Carbamazepine + Grapefruit juice

· Discuss the ethical, legal, and social implications related to prescribing bipolar and other related mood-disorder diagnoses therapy for patients.

Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. For this Assignment, you are only required to include a title page. The Walden Writing Center Sample PaperLinks to an external site. provides an example of those required elements.

By Day 7 of Week 8

Submit by Day 7 of Week 8.

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Rubric

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