Medications for Overamping

Building Prescriber Capacity: Medications for Stimulant Use Disorders

Medications for Overamping 

This training will review how to recognize overamping events likely to benefit from medication intervention. We will describe how to use benzodiazepines and antipsychotics to manage psychotic symptoms associated with overamping. Additionally, we will provide a brief overview of medications that may be appropriate to manage hypertensive crisis in the setting of overamping to prevent worse cardiac outcomes.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize episodes of overamping that would benefit from a medication intervention.
• Name two classes of medications effective in treating acute psychotic symptoms of overamping.
• Identify medications effective at addressing the hypertensive crisis associated with overamping.

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