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Rapid antipsychotic drug concentrations now available

Health Canada has licensed five laboratory assays for measuring drug concentrations in patients prescribed the six most common antipsychotic drugs. HLS is the only Canadian distributor of these assays.

 
 

Intended Use

The MyCare Psychiatry Drug Assay Kits are intended for the in vitro quantitative measurement of antipsychotic drugs in human serum and plasma using automated clinical chemistry analyzers.  Measurements obtained are used for monitoring patient adherence to antipsychotic drug therapy to help ensure appropriate treatment.

 
 

Rapid insights to help establish the right dose when it matters most

• Rapid, accurate and easy to perform
• Ready to use on automated analyzers already present in clinical labs
• <30 minutes to generate a result after receipt in lab
• Testing can be performed STAT
• Testing can be offered 24/7

 
 

Established guidelines

Clinical guidelines recommend or strongly recommend the routine measuring and monitoring of antipsychotic (APS) drug concentrations. Canadian Schizophrenia Guidelines, recommend Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) as a useful tool to facilitate the ability of clinicians to correctly identify non-adherent patients


• CANADA GUIDELINES FOR THE PHARMACOTHERAPY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN ADULST. CAN J PSYCHIATRY. 2017;62(9):604–16
• AGNP Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Psychiatry
• The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry
• Joint Consensus Statement of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and TDM Task Force of the AGNP

 
 

Opportunity to help improve patient care

Hospitalization and readmission rates in Canada remain high. Totaling approximately 2 million hospital days annually, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders rank #1 for total length of hospital stay among mental health disorders.1
Introducing MyCare Psychiatry Assays: Timely, Individualized Treatment, to Help Improve Patient Outcome


1. Canadian Institute for Health Information. Chartbook July 2019: Health System Resources for Mental Health and Addictions Care in Canada [Internet]. 2019. Available from: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/ mental-health-chartbook-report-2019-en-web.pdf

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What is MyCare Psychiatry?

Rapid, accurate, and easy to perform tests

Saladax’s MyCare Psychiatry product line consists of 5 in vitro diagnostic tests which measure drug concentrations of the 6 most commonly prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These tests are diagnostic tools used by mental health professionals to monitor patient’s blood levels of these prescribed drugs.

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Using Rapid Clozapine Levels to Improve Patient Management – 30 Years of Clozapine Experience

Recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists.

It’s Important

MyCare Psychiatry provides rapid insights to establish the right dose when it matters most.1 In light of the serious consequences of unsuccessful treatment, the value of having rapid access to information that may be used to reorient the treatment cannot be overstated. Timely knowledge of antipsychotic plasma levels of patients with complicated courses of treatment would allow prescribers to make highly consequential decisions based on data rather than guesswork.2

1Horvitz-Lennon, Marcela, Zachary Predmore, and Soeren Mattke, Personalizing Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia: Monitoring Plasma Levels for Improved Treatment Decisions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE174.html.
2MyCare™ Psychiatry Guidebook

It’s Personalized

Every person’s body handles antipsychotic medications differently. MyCare Psychiatry tests provide personalized drug concentrations that help mental health professionals make reliable treatment decisions for each patient. MyCare offers data-driven clinical decision support to supplement patient self-report and enhance shared decision-making between you and your patient.

Rapid, accurate, easy to perform diagnostic test

Ready for use on automated analyzers already present in clinical labs

<30 minutes to generate a result after receipt in lab

Testing can be offered 24/7

Health Canada Licensed psychiatry assays

Testing can be performed STAT

The Benefits of MyCare Psychiatry

MyCare Psychiatry Tests Provide Doctors Insight Into Patient’s Medication Levels

  • Antipsychotic drug concentrations rapid enough to be of clinical benefit
  • Measuring antipsychotic drug concentrations provides objective data to aid in medication management
  • Monitoring of antipsychotic drug concentrations is recommended when adherence is in doubt or response is inadequate
  • Quantitative information to assist dose optimization, a dose change, titration, or a change from original medication formulation to generic or vice versa

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