HLA antigens and psychotropic drugs

This article explains the relevance of Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) proteins/genes to psychotropic drug prescribing and explains which tests to order, when, and how. A few things made me decide to write this post: I don’t prescribe carbamazepine frequently, but I do prescribe oxcarbazepine more often–in persons with bipolar disorder who have not done well…