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Jerad Shoemaker MD

Psychiatrist and Writer | Basics of Psychiatry | Future of the physical exam | Medical systems & AI.

Generic availability, a drug-class comparison, and a discovery origin story

Jul 31, 2026

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5 min read

Generic availability, a drug-class comparison, and a discovery origin story

Where the supply chain stands, how two agents compare head-to-head, and the serendipitous path that brought a drug class to market.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Newly Approved Medications

Jul 24, 2026

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5 min read

Newly Approved Medications

July 23rd, 2026 newsletter

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Psychiatric pipeline, adverse-event profiles, and how psychiatric science works

Jul 17, 2026

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6 min read

Psychiatric pipeline, adverse-event profiles, and how psychiatric science works

Compounds nearing approval, a close look at tolerability data, and the methodology shaping psychiatric evidence.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Policy & FDA Watch

Jul 11, 2026

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5 min read

Policy & FDA Watch

CMS Medicaid frailty exemption now requires psychiatric documentation

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Generic availability, adverse-effect profiles, and diagnostic history

Jul 3, 2026

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6 min read

Generic availability, adverse-effect profiles, and diagnostic history

Generic availability, adverse-effect profiles, and diagnostic history

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Candidates advancing through trials, how two treatments compare on evidence, and the legal milestones that shaped prescribing today.

Jun 26, 2026

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5 min read

Candidates advancing through trials, how two treatments compare on evidence, and the legal milestones that shaped prescribing today.

Pipeline drugs, a head-to-head comparison, and the legal past behind it

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
New approvals, mechanisms of action, and psychiatric research methods

Jun 19, 2026

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5 min read

New approvals, mechanisms of action, and psychiatric research methods

What cleared regulatory review, how the agents work at a receptor level, and how psychiatric science builds its evidence base.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
FDA policy shifts, adverse-event profiles, and legal history in psychiatry

Jun 12, 2026

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5 min read

FDA policy shifts, adverse-event profiles, and legal history in psychiatry

Regulatory updates, a close look at tolerability data, and the legal precedents that shaped current practice.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Drug supply disruptions, rating scale utility, and psychiatric research methodology

Jun 5, 2026

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6 min read

Drug supply disruptions, rating scale utility, and psychiatric research methodology

Where generic shortages stand, how to apply common rating scales at the bedside, and what shapes the evidence psychiatry relies on.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Psychiatric pipeline agents, mechanisms of action, and drug discovery history

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

Psychiatric pipeline agents, mechanisms of action, and drug discovery history

What is advancing toward approval, how the pharmacology works, and the path that brought a key compound to clinic.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
What got approved this cycle, how the comparators stack up, and how the diagnostic category came to be

May 22, 2026

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5 min read

What got approved this cycle, how the comparators stack up, and how the diagnostic category came to be

New FDA approvals, antipsychotic comparisons, and diagnostic history

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Generic shortages, mechanism deep-dive, and a legal history worth knowing

May 16, 2026

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6 min read

Generic shortages, mechanism deep-dive, and a legal history worth knowing

From supply chain gaps to receptor-level pharmacology and the courtroom decisions behind current prescribing law.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Psychiatric pipeline drugs, rating scale review, and diagnostic history

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

Psychiatric pipeline drugs, rating scale review, and diagnostic history

What is advancing through trials, how key rating scales perform in practice, and the origins of a modern diagnosis.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
New FDA approvals, adverse-effect profiles, and drug discovery origins

May 1, 2026

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5 min read

New FDA approvals, adverse-effect profiles, and drug discovery origins

A look at what cleared approval, what the side-effect data actually show, and how a landmark compound came to exist.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Generic availability, adverse-effect profiles, and diagnostic history

Apr 26, 2026

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6 min read

Generic availability, adverse-effect profiles, and diagnostic history

Where supply stands on key generics, what the adverse-event data actually show, and how a diagnosis took its current shape.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Pyschopharmref weekly

Apr 17, 2026

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5 min read

Pyschopharmref weekly

Pipeline Drugs, Medication Comparison, HIstorical/Legal Context

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Welcome

Mar 17, 2026

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3 min read

Welcome

Welcome to the Psychopharmacology Reference Newsletter

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD

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