Mini Quiz: Medicinal Use of Cannabis for Psychosis?

Once-monthly subcutaneous olanzapine LAI requires no loading doses, oral supplementation, or post-injection monitoring, based on phase 3 SOLARIS data.

Neurosterix advances NTX-253, an oral M4 PAM, into phase 2 for schizophrenia after phase 1 shows promising safety and pharmacokinetics.

Once-monthly subcutaneous olanzapine TEV-749 shows sustained stabilization and remission in schizophrenia, supports direct switching, and avoids post-injection monitoring.

Real-world data links once-monthly Uzedy to fewer ER visits, better adherence, and lower costs—plus fewer bipolar I relapses when switching from pills.

Despite previous failure of PDE10A inhibitor drugs to demonstrate antipsychotic effects in clinical trials, a new "improved" iteration has met phase 2 trial endpoints.

Nearly half of US adults who drink and use cannabis combine them at once; cannabis use disorder drives the trend, signaling urgent screening needs.

Study finds most teens with first-episode psychosis stop antipsychotics within a year, boosting ER use; outpatient care and injectables may help.

Experts highlight biomarker-driven schizophrenia care—computational subtypes, muscarinic drugs, sharper negative-symptom scoring, and KCC2 targets—reducing trial-and-error prescribing.