{"id":7757,"date":"2016-12-01T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2016-12-01T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:38:22","slug":"asenapine-saphris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/asenapine-saphris\/","title":{"rendered":"Asenapine (Saphris\u00ae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Asenapine (US brand name Saphris\u00ae) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic.<\/p>\n<h3><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FDA-approved indications<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>1. Schizophrenia<br \/>\n2. Acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (monotherapy)<br \/>\n3. Acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (adjunctive to lithium or valproate)<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage<\/h4>\n<p><em>Schizophrenia \u2013 acute treatment in adults<\/em><br \/>\nStarting: 5 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nRecommended: 5 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nMaximum: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Schizophrenia \u2013 maintenance treatment in adults<\/em><br \/>\nStarting: 5 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nRecommended: 5\u201310 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nMaximum: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Bipolar mania \u2013 adults<\/em> (monotherapy)<br \/>\nStarting: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nRecommended: 5\u201310 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nMaximum: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Bipolar mania \u2013 children 10 to 17 yrs<\/em> (monotherapy)<br \/>\nStarting: 2.5 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nRecommended: 2.5\u201310 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nMaximum: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<\/p>\n<p><em>Bipolar mania \u2013 adults<\/em> (adjunct to lithium or valproate)<br \/>\nStarting: 5 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nRecommended: 5\u201310 mg sublingually twice daily<br \/>\nMaximum: 10 mg sublingually twice daily<\/p>\n<p>General Instructions<\/p>\n<p>1. Sublingual tablets should not be swallowed.<br \/>\n2. Sublingual tablets should be placed under the tongue and left to dissolve completely.<br \/>\n3. Eating and drinking should be avoided for 10 minutes after administration.<\/p>\n<h4>Dosage forms and strengths<\/h4>\n<p>Sublingual tablets: 2.5 mg, 5 mg, and 10 mg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asenapine (US brand name Saphris\u00ae) is a second-generation (\u201catypical\u201d) antipsychotic. FDA-approved indications 1. Schizophrenia 2. Acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (monotherapy) 3. Acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (adjunctive to lithium or valproate) Dosage Schizophrenia \u2013 acute treatment in adults Starting: 5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-458","category-151","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7758,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757\/revisions\/7758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}