Dealing with psychiatric polypharmacy requires an understanding of its associated factors. Govt of India takes step by enlisting Banned Psychiatric Formulations for the purpose of education. Guidelines and algorithms for the appropriate management of various conditions are effective ways to avoid irrational polypharmacy . This article is a publication synopsis of the original article published in Ind. J.
Pharm. which has revealed few fix dose combinations (FDCs) of psychotropic drugs (Table below). It is intended to provide a list of these drugs and some practical decision while prescribing the drugs to the patients. There is a myth that prescribed brain-altering drugs are safe. Anyone who knows the molecular structure and understands the molecular biology of these banned drugs and has seen the horrific adverse effects of usage or withdrawal of legal psychotropic drugs knows that the…
