PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Danielle Adams
AU  - Indermeet Sawhney
TI  - Deprescribing of psychotropic medication in a 30-year-old man with learning disability
AID  - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-001051
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
PG  - 63--64
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
4099  - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/24/1/63.short
4100  - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/24/1/63.full
SO  - Eur J Hosp Pharm2017 Jan 01; 24
AB  - A 30-year-old man with learning disability, living in a residential home with no documented mental health diagnosis, on the autistic spectrum was prescribed carbamazepine, olanzapine and propranolol to manage behaviour on a long-term basis. He was able to successfully discontinue both of his psychotropic medicines. The reduction was carried out in the community under the supervision of the learning disability psychiatrist. He is less tired, more alert and better able to express himself. He has expanded his activities and increased his access to the community. He is able to cope better with changes to his routine. His behaviours are well managed by the behavioural strategies in place and he has now been discharged by the psychiatrist to the general practitioner.