Extended-release divalproex sodium for mood stabilization.

Study Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of extended-release divalproex sodium.

Design: Prospective, open-label, 4-week study

Setting: Long-term care facility of the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Patients: Ten hospitalized patients (mean age 39.

A program to convert patients from trade-name to generic clozapine.

In spring 2000, the Missouri Department of Mental Health mandated that its psychiatric inpatient facilities convert patients from trade-name to generic clozapine. The pharmacy department at our facility was encouraged to develop a conversion program to oversee and assess the efficacy and tolerability of the change. A protocol to monitor the conversion of patients to generic clozapine hospitalwide was developed.