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Psychotherapeutics Agents

Anti-Anxiety/Anti-Panic Agents benzodiazepines Anti-Anxiety/Anti-Panic Agents miscellaneous Anti-Depressants selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: SSRI’s Anti-Depressants miscellaneous Tricyclic Anti-Depressants TCA’s Anti-Psychotic Agents atypical (anti-psychotics with lower incidence of extrapyramidal “EPS” side effects) Anti-Psychotic Agents typical (not typically recommended for the brain injured individual without careful evaluation by psychiatry and neuropsychology due to high incidence of EPS)
  • Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
  • Haldol (haloperidol)
  • Cogentin (benztropine)* (NOTE: Cogentin is not an anti-psychotic agent, but is used in conjunction with them to reduce the incidence of EPS.)
Mood Stabilizers NOTE: all of these, except lithium are primarily marketed as anti-epileptic drugs, but are very effective as mood stabilizers especially to reduce mania Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Management SSRI’s Psychostimulants miscellaneous

Motor System

Anti-spasmodics systemic Anti-spasmodics non-systemic, local Dopaminergics Anti-Seizure/Anti-Convulsants hydantoin class benzodiazepine class Anti-Convulsants miscellaneous

Memory / Cognition (Cholinesterase Inhibitors)

Pain Management

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs NSAID’s Anti-Migraine Drugs selective 5-HT receptor agonists Anti-Migraine atypical Non-Narcotic Analgesics Narcotic Class Analgesic Agents miscellaneous

Hypnotic / Sleep Agents

Atypical Hypnotic miscellaneous

Others

  • Antabuse (disulfiram), an alcoholic deterrent.
  • Antivert (meclizine hydrochloride, a piperazine-derivative antihistamine), an antiemetic, antivertigo.
  • Wellbutrin (Bupropion), used as an anti-depressant and also used in smoking cessation (through it effects on dopamine system)

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