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The plasma half-life is about 35 to 40 hours when carbamazepine is given as single dose, but it is a strong inducer of liver enzymes, and the plasma half-life shortens to about 12 to 17 hours when it is given repeatedly. The half-life can be further shortened to 9–10 hours by other enzyme inducers such as phenytoin or phenobarbital. About 70% ...
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.
Esketamine (Spravato) – non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, other actions [13] Gepirone (Exxua) – 5-HT 1A receptor partial agonist and α 2-adrenergic receptor antagonist; Opipramol (Insidon) — σ 1 receptor agonist, other actions; Tianeptine (Stablon, Coaxil, Tianeurax) – weak and atypical μ-opioid receptor agonist, other actions
8–10 1–1.25 mg ~100% 2–3 Instantaneously (from 5 to 15 sec); 2–5 min 3–4 hours N-Phenethylnormorphine: 8–14 Alfentanyl: 10–25 1.5 (90–111 minutes) Instantaneously (from 5 to 15 sec); 4× more rapid than fentanyl 0.25 hr (15 min); up to 54 minutes until offset of effects Trefentanil: 10-25 Brifentanil: 10-25 Acetylfentanyl: 15
At doses of 25 to 50 mg and in terms of treatment–placebo difference, it reduces LPS by 6 to 12 minutes, reduces WASO by 10 to 23 minutes, and increases subjective TST by 10 to 22 minutes. [ 1 ] [ 18 ] Daridorexant has also been found to improve daytime functioning at a dose of 50 mg but not at 25 mg. [ 17 ]
[4] [5] The World Health Organization; however, recommends waiting until after pregnancy for treatment when feasible. [2] It is made from 4-methyl-piperazine. [6] Diethylcarbamazine was discovered in 1947 [7] by Yellapragada Subbarow. [8] [9] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [10]
Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL), sold under the brand names Aptiom and Zebinix among others, is an anticonvulsant medication approved for use in Europe and the United States as monotherapy or as additional therapy for partial-onset seizures epilepsy. [6] [4] [3] Similarly to oxcarbazepine, ESL behaves as a prodrug to (S)-(+)-licarbazepine. [7]
Low IC 50 or high pIC 50 values indicate tighter binding (pIC 50 of 8.0 = IC 50 of 10nM, pIC 50 of 9.0 = IC 50 of 1nM, etc.) These are non subtype selective IC 50 values averaged across all GABA A receptor subtypes , so subtype selective compounds with strong binding at one subtype but weak at others will appear unusually weak due to averaging ...