The FDA issued a warning in September about a dangerous game that teens have been playing with Benadryl during COVID. [FDA Link, Study Link] Published On: 11/14/2020 Duration: 2 minutes, 29 seconds Transcript: The FDA issued a warning in September...

We’re hearing a lot about people at risk for death with COVID – the elderly, African Americans, men, those with medical problems or low vitamin D, and this new study adds people with mental illness to the list. Published On:...

Do you see patients who have no motivation to do anything? Michael Posternak has a novel strategy for working with this depressive symptom during the medication visit. Also, the word of the day: delirium mussitans. Published On: 11/9/2020 Duration: 17...

This month the first systemic meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of ultra processed foods has come out, and we have a clearer picture of what poor dietary habits do to 300,000 people. [Link] Published On: 11/7/2020 Duration: 5 minutes, 34 seconds...

In 2004 Morgan Spurlock decided to see what would happen when he ate a typical McDonald’s meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Over the next 30 days, we watched as he gained 24 pounds and developed high cholesterol, fatty liver,...

The FDA keeps recalling medications for contamination with NDMA, and the contamination was recently found in the first-line antidote for antipsychotic weight gain: metformin. Published On: 11/2/2020 Duration: 13 minutes, 13 seconds Transcript: Welcome to the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast, keeping psychiatry honest...

Chemicals from plastics, pesticides, and food processing are linked to ADHD, according to a new paper in JAMA Open Network. [Link] Published On: 10/31/2020 Duration: 3 minutes, 1 second Got feedback? Take the podcast survey.

Xyrem is a branded form of sodium oxybate, the sodium salt of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB , to precursor to GABA, glutamate, and glycine which is FDA approved for narcolepsy and cataplexy. The news on Xyrem is that the FDA just approved...

We take you through the story of rational drug discovery that lead to the approval of guanfacine and clonidine for ADHD, and share some tips on how to use them. And the word of the day: Dyssymbole. Published On: 10/26/2020...

The hand eye movements of a prescription video game are thought to exercise circuits involved in attention, and this theory did translate to small but real improvements in attention in 5 clinical trials involving over 600 children with ADHD Published...