Review the interactive media piece in this week’s Resources and reflect on the types of drugs used to treat pediatric patients with mood disorders.
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Answers Begin Zoloft 25mg
Increase dose to 50mg
Maintain current dose
Reflect on situations in which children should be prescribed drugs for off-label use.
Explain strategies to making off-label use and dosage of drugs safer for children from infancy to adolescence and descriiptions and names of off-label drugs that require extra care and attention when used in pediatrics. Be specific.
Explain the circumstances under which children should be prescribed drugs for off-label use. Be specific and provide examples.
Explain strategies to making off-label use and dosage of drugs safer for children from infancy to adolescence and descriiptions and names of off-label drugs that require extra care and attention when used in pediatrics. Be specific.
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