Treatment of Depression with Caplyta
Clinical Considerations and Monitoring
- The American College of Physicians recommends assessing patient status, therapeutic response, and adverse effects of antidepressant therapy regularly beginning within 1-2 weeks of initiation 1, 2
- If patients do not have an adequate response to pharmacotherapy within 6-8 weeks, treatment modification should be considered 3
- For patients with a first episode of major depressive disorder, treatment should continue for 4-9 months after a satisfactory response 4