1
Assignment 1: Prescribing for Children and Adolescents
Student's First Name, Middle Initial(s), Last Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Number and Name
Instructor's Name and Title
Assignment Due Date
This study source was downloaded by 100000829216747 from CourseHero.com on 03-17-2022 09:36:33 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/93166340/Order-5270525049docx/
, 2
Assignment 1: Prescribing for Children and Adolescents
Introduction
Autism is a general term that is used to describe various neurodevelopment disorders.
Problems with social interacting and communication categorize those disorders. Individuals with
autisms mostly display repetitive, restricted, and stereotypical patterns or interests of behavior.
The condition is found in individuals all over the world despite economic, cultural, and race
background. According to the CDC, autistics happen primarily in boys compared to girls, with
ratio of 4 to 1. Only in 2014, one in every 59 children was identified to have autism (Kumar, &
Sharma, 2016). There are FDA-approved drugs, off-table drugs, and nonpharmacological
interventions used in treating autistics among children and adolescents. Risk assessments must
be done to inform the best treatment for the conditions.
Recommendation of Treatment for Autism
One FDA-approved drug for autism is risperidone. It is widely used as it improves the
children's behaviors but can have severe side effects thus informal investigations of the drug's
use must be done. The drug is used to treat effectively aggressive and explosive behavior that
accompanies autisms. Memantine is an off-label drug for treating autisms (Kumar, & Sharma,
2016). A review of reports has suggested that memantine can improve the main areas of deficit,
such as communications and eye contact among children suffering from autisms (Raymond
Zakhari, 2020). A nonpharmacological intervention for treating autism involves using dietary
supplementations with specific vitamins, probiotics, omega three, phytochemicals, or general
diet interventions such as casein-free diets and gluten-free diets. The mentioned dietary
supplementations are considered to manage and reduce comorbidities of autism.
This study source was downloaded by 100000829216747 from CourseHero.com on 03-17-2022 09:36:33 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/93166340/Order-5270525049docx/
Assignment 1: Prescribing for Children and Adolescents
Student's First Name, Middle Initial(s), Last Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Number and Name
Instructor's Name and Title
Assignment Due Date
This study source was downloaded by 100000829216747 from CourseHero.com on 03-17-2022 09:36:33 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/93166340/Order-5270525049docx/
, 2
Assignment 1: Prescribing for Children and Adolescents
Introduction
Autism is a general term that is used to describe various neurodevelopment disorders.
Problems with social interacting and communication categorize those disorders. Individuals with
autisms mostly display repetitive, restricted, and stereotypical patterns or interests of behavior.
The condition is found in individuals all over the world despite economic, cultural, and race
background. According to the CDC, autistics happen primarily in boys compared to girls, with
ratio of 4 to 1. Only in 2014, one in every 59 children was identified to have autism (Kumar, &
Sharma, 2016). There are FDA-approved drugs, off-table drugs, and nonpharmacological
interventions used in treating autistics among children and adolescents. Risk assessments must
be done to inform the best treatment for the conditions.
Recommendation of Treatment for Autism
One FDA-approved drug for autism is risperidone. It is widely used as it improves the
children's behaviors but can have severe side effects thus informal investigations of the drug's
use must be done. The drug is used to treat effectively aggressive and explosive behavior that
accompanies autisms. Memantine is an off-label drug for treating autisms (Kumar, & Sharma,
2016). A review of reports has suggested that memantine can improve the main areas of deficit,
such as communications and eye contact among children suffering from autisms (Raymond
Zakhari, 2020). A nonpharmacological intervention for treating autism involves using dietary
supplementations with specific vitamins, probiotics, omega three, phytochemicals, or general
diet interventions such as casein-free diets and gluten-free diets. The mentioned dietary
supplementations are considered to manage and reduce comorbidities of autism.
This study source was downloaded by 100000829216747 from CourseHero.com on 03-17-2022 09:36:33 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/93166340/Order-5270525049docx/
