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Depakote (valproic acid/sodium valproate) – an antiepileptic and mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder, neuropathic pain and others; sometimes called an antimanic medication. Depakene is the trade name for the same drug prepared without sodium. Desyrel – an atypical antidepressant used to treat depression and insomnia
In the US, valproic acid is also prescribed as an anti-epileptic drug indicated for the treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder; monotherapy and adjunctive therapy of complex partial seizures and simple and complex absence seizures; adjunctive therapy in people with multiple seizure types that include absence seizures.
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.
More must be done to see whether existing drugs could help to tackle dementia, scientists have said after finding that a number of common treatments may affect a person’s risk.
“Understanding whether drugs in current use could be re-purposed for use in dementia is an urgent priority,” the academics leading on the report said, but other experts stressed more work ...
A recent study found that a class of medications called SGLT-2 inhibitors—which does not include Ozempic or similar drugs like Zepbound—significantly lowered the risk of dementia in people ...
Reversible dementia; Reversible cerebral atrophy; Abnormal behaviour [b] Psychomotor hyperactivity [b] Learning disorder [b] Hyperammonaemia; Hypothyroidism; Bone marrow failure; Toxic epidermal necrolysis; Stevens–Johnson syndrome; Erythema multiforme; DRESS syndrome; Male infertility; Polycystic ovaries; Enuresis; Reversible Fanconi ...
Taking medications like blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs for more than 5 years is associated with a lower incidence of dementia, a new study has found.