Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology: how psychiatric and brain medicines work, from the synapse up, how they interact, what their labels really say, and what they cost.
13 posts and 3 tools, last updated Oct 11, 2026. Short link: doctorreid.com/medicines
- Coming off antidepressantsWithdrawal, relapse and how to taper, medicine by medicine, with a plannerNov 9, 2026
- A fair testHow drug trials work, why placebo is so strong, and the numbers that matterOct 29, 2026
- Turning down the volumeSeventy years of antipsychotics, read through their bloomsOct 28, 2026
- The problem child grows upEighty years of LSD in human research, from Hofmann's bicycle to phase 3Oct 24, 2026
- How to read a bloomA field guide to the receptor blooms, with ninety-five to play withOct 23, 2026
- Loaded, not firedPsychiatric genetics and heritability, from the genome upOct 21, 2026
- Psilocybin may be coming to the Spravato clinicThe clock, the eight-hour day, the rooms, the people, the moneyOct 20, 2026
- Ketamine and Spravato, explainedHistory, chirality, mechanism, the trials, dose, duration, and the gapsOct 11, 2026
- Was it the pill?Placebo, nocebo, and how to tell what a medicine is really doingOct 6, 2026
- When the trip doesn't endHPPD: when visuals linger after psychedelics, and what helpsOct 5, 2026
- The life of an adverse eventHow a side effect becomes a line in the package insertOct 4, 2026
- The reuptake eraHow reuptake blockers built modern psychiatry, Prozac onwardOct 2, 2026
- One size fits fewPrecision psychiatry and pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing, explainedOct 1, 2026
- The warning in the boxWhy some psychiatric medicines carry a suicide warningSep 29, 2026
- New ADHD medications since 2021Every ADHD approval since 2021, and what each one costsSep 29, 2026
- MDMA, measuredAn evidence-graded MDMA harm-reduction referenceSep 10, 2026
- Caffeine, America's favorite psychotropicWhy a psychiatrist cares about your coffee, with a dashboard for your dose and sleepSep 9, 2026
- Sugar & Shadow: the placebo effectPlacebo and nocebo: why expectation is a measurable forceAug 30, 2026
- Serotonin & serotonin syndromeSerotonin syndrome: how to recognize it, which combinations matterAug 18, 2026
- Medicine cost explorerWhat pharmacies pay for 18 ADHD medicines — generic vs brand.Tool
- Which medicines carry a suicide warning?Eighteen medicines and classes, boxed or not, and why.Tool
- The psychiatry wikiA field guide to psychiatry: conditions, pharmacology, rating scales and a mechanism lab, with receptor “bloom” drawings.Tool
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