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This is a list of investigational social anxiety disorder drugs, or drugs that are currently under development for clinical use in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD; or social phobia) but are not yet approved. Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, synonyms, and brand names in parentheses.
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.
An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that is developed to treat certain rare medical conditions. An orphan drug would not be profitable to produce without government assistance, due to the small population of patients affected by the conditions. The conditions that orphan drugs are used to treat are referred to as orphan diseases. The ...
They’re a class of medications used to treat anxiety disorders, and some are also prescribed as sleeping pills for the short-term treatment and management of insomnia. Benzodiazepines reduce ...
Since being signed into law 30 years ago, the Orphan Drug Act, or ODA, has resulted in the approval of more than 400 new drugs and biologic products in the United States. The goal of the ODA is to ...
Historically, orphan drugs cost more than other drugs and have received special treatment since the enactment of the US Orphan Drug Act of 1983. However, these steep price increases of orphan and other specialty drugs has come under scrutiny. [14] The average cost of a specialty drug in the US was $65,000 annually in June 2013 (about $5,416 a ...
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.
Lists of all drugs that have received orphan status in the United States and Europe are available from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission, respectively: FDA List of Orphan Designations and Approvals [dead link ] European Commission Register of designated Orphan Medicinal Products