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Neuro
Question | Answer |
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bupropine hydrochloride | depression, seasonal affective disorder, smoking cessation |
dantrolene | spasticity r/t cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, Multiple sclerosis, malignant hyperthermia |
phenelzine | depression (last resort) |
amitriptyline | improves mood, migraines, smoking cessation |
venlafaxine | major depression, social anxiety, general anxiety |
fluxetine | major depression, bipolar, panic disorder, OCD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, bulima |
lithium | controls acute manic episodes in bipolar |
levodopa-carbidopa | mild-mod parkinsons disease |
selegiline | parkinsons, major depression |
pramipexole | parkinsons, resltess leg syndrome |
buspirone | anxiety, initiate sleep |
diazepam | anxiety, muscle spasms, seizures, sleep, acute alcohol withdrawl |
carbamazepine | tonic-clonic, partial seizures, bipolar, trigeminal neuralgia |
phenytoin | tonic-clonic, partial seizures |
valproic acid | all seizures, bipolar (mania), migraines |
memantine | mild-moderate alzheimers, slows the decline in functioning |
donepezil | mild-mod alzheimers, increases cognitive function |
modafinil | narcolepsy, shift work sleepiness, obstructive sleep apnea, ADHD |
methylphenidate | ADHD, narcolepsy |
amphetamine+dextroamphetamine sulfate | ADHD, narcolepsy, obesity |
baclofen | spinal cord injury, paraplegic, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscoskeletal injury |