Medication Management

Medication management involves prescribing medication with frequent follow up visits for monitoring progress. Frequent monitoring is important for promoting positive outcomes in mental health.

• Promotes healing and recovery
• Promotes positive outcomes
• Monitoring changes in medical conditions
• Monitoring changes in medical medications
• Monitoring symptom management
• Monitoring side effects
• Monitoring adverse reactions
• Monitoring for changes needed in medication, dosage, or frequency

A medication management visit is an evaluation of medication effectiveness, side effects, adverse reactions, and medication interactions. Your provider will need to know your medical medications and medical conditions. Frequent monitoring is needed due to changes in symptoms, changes in effectiveness, side effects, adverse reactions, changes in medical conditions and medical medications. You are required to inform your provider of all medications taken and prescribed by other providers, if you are taking over the counter medications, herbal remedies, supplements, and drinking alcohol or using other substances.