Outpatient Setting | Scenario 9

LAI Considerations

• Discuss LAI of the oral antipsychotic whose tolerability/exposure has been established to improve adherence in the future
  ^13,18
• It is human nature to have difficulty taking medication on a long-term basis, regardless of the illness and medication type
  ^14,29
• When presenting LAIs as a treatment option include in the discussion information about efficacy and convenience
  ^12,30
• LAI use may take the burden from family/caregiver monitoring of patient adherence and would help clinicians assess whether relapse occurs because of nonadherence or despite adequate medication
  ^19,23