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This is an alphabetical list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is not exhaustive. All mentioned drugs here are generic names. Not all drugs listed are used regularly in all countries.
This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication. The list is not exhaustive and not all drugs are used regularly in all countries.
This is a complete list of clinically approved prescription antidepressants throughout the world, as well as clinically approved prescription drugs used to augment antidepressants or mood stabilizers, by pharmacological and/or structural classification.
Thorazine (chlorpromazine) – a phenothiazine antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and behavioral disorders in children. Notably, the first antipsychotic; Tofranil – a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression, anxiety, agitation, panic disorder and bedwetting
[8] [9] [10] There is an increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior when taken by children, adolescents, and young adults. [11] Discontinuation syndrome, which resembles recurrent depression in the case of the SSRI class, may occur after stopping the intake of any antidepressant, having effects which may be permanent and irreversible. [12 ...
Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (NaSSAs) are a class of psychiatric drugs used primarily as antidepressants. [1] They act by antagonizing the α 2 -adrenergic receptor and certain serotonin receptors such as 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 2C , [ 1 ] but also 5-HT 3 , [ 1 ] 5-HT 6 , and/or 5-HT 7 in some cases.
Following is a list of antipsychotics, sorted by class. Antipsychotics. Antipsychotics by class Generic name Brand names Chemical class ATC code
The drug increases inhibitory GABAergic tone and causes neuro-inhibition of the cortical and limbic systems, observed clinically as a sedative-hypnotic effect. [162] Glutethimide is also a potent inducer of the CYP 2D6 enzyme in the liver. This enzyme is responsible for converting many drugs, from beta blockers to antidepressants to opioids and ...