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Mood-stabilizing medications may be utilized for long-term maintenance and preventative treatment of bipolar disorder episodes. In the acute phase, the choice of medication for bipolar disorder is dependent on the stage or type of current episode....
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Because antidepressants may stimulate manic episodes in some bipolar children and teens, their use is typically short-term. Some researchers have hypothesized that the use of antidepressants for depression may even trigger bipolar disorder in chil...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Carbamazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants. It works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.
Source:MULTUM
Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol) may be administered to cancer patients as a pain medicine. Purpose Carbamazepine is given to cancer patients primarily as a pain medication.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Anticonvulsant, specific analgesic for trigeminal neuralgia; structually related to tricylic antidepressants.
Source:AHFS
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant that is structurally related to tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and imipramine . In the United States, carbamazepine is sold under the trade names Tegretol and Carbatrol.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Carbamazepine is an antiepileptic drug used to reduce or suppress seizures . The medication is also commonly prescribed to relieve certain neurogenic pain such as trigeminal neuralgia .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Clonazepam belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are medications that help relieve nervousness, tension, symptoms of anxiety, and some types of seizures by slowing the central nervous system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Benzodiazepine; anticonvulsant, sedative, and anxiolytic.
Source:AHFS
Valproic acid affects chemicals in the body that may be involved in causing seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA.
Source:AHFS
Gabapentin is indicated to be used in combination with other anti-seizure (anticonvulsant) drugs for the management of partial seizure types. Gabapentin should not be used alone for the treatment of seizures unless the patient cannot tolerate other anticonvulsant drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Gabapentin is a prescription drug that was initially approved to help manage epilepsy . The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved gabapentin for treatment of the nerve pain that sometimes accompanies herpes infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Ziprasidone is an antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the effects of chemicals in the brain.
Source:MULTUM
Clonazepam is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Clonazepam affects chemicals in your brain that may become unbalanced and cause seizures or symptoms of panic disorder.
Source:MULTUM
Lamotrigine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant medication used in the treatment of epilepsy . Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, causing seizures .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Lamotrigine Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant drug commonly used to prevent seizures . It is also used as a mood stabilizer in some people with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Phenyltriazine anticonvulsant; structurally unrelated to other currently available anticonvulsants.
Source:AHFS
Antimanic agent.
Source:AHFS
Lithium is a naturally occurring element that is classified as an anti-manic drug. It is available in the United States under the brand names Eskalith, Lithonate, Lithane, Lithotabs, and Lithobid.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Lithium affects the flow of sodium through nerve and muscle cells in the body. Sodium affects excitation or mania.
Source:MULTUM
Gabapentin is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects chemicals and nerves in the body that are involved in the cause of seizures and some types of pain.
Source:MULTUM
Olanzapine is an antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the actions of chemicals in the brain.
Source:MULTUM
Olanzapine is classified as an atypical antipsychotic drug. It is available in the United States under the brand names Zyprexa and Zyprexa Zydis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent.
Source:AHFS
Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia . It is available with a prescription under the trade name Seroquel.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent.
Source:AHFS
Risperidone is an antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the effects of chemicals in the brain.
Source:MULTUM
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the actions of chemicals in the brain.
Source:MULTUM
Topiramate is a seizure medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
Topiramate is an anticonvulsant indicated for the control of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy (a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (a disorder which causes seizures and developmental delays). In psychiatry, topiramate may also be used in the treatment of bipolar affective disorders .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anticonvulsant and antimigraine agent; sulfamate-substituted derivative of D- fructose; differs structurally from other currently available anticonvulsant agents.
Source:AHFS
Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant (anti-seizure) drug. In the United States, valproic acid is also known as valproate, and is sold under the brand name Depakene.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Valproic acid (the active moiety), valproate sodium, and divalproex sodium are carboxylic acid-derivative anticonvulsants; also antimanic, other psychotherapeutic, and antimigraine agents.
Source:AHFS
Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant used to control seizures in the treatment of epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain. Valproic acid is closely related to divalproex sodium and valproate sodium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Ziprasidone is a drug used to treat schizophrenia . It is available with a prescription under the brand name Geodan.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent.
Source:AHFS
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