Some Medications Used to Treat Neuro-Behavioral Disorders By, Ivan Goldberg, MD Generic and Trade Names of Medications Use of Medication (Trade Names Are Capitalized) Adapin doxepin Antidepressant amantadine Symmetrel Side-effect control amitriptyline Elavil Antidepressant Antabuse disulfiram Blocks alcohol metabolism Anafranil clomipramine Antidepressant Artane trihexyphenidyl Side-effect control atenolol Tenormin Side effect control Ativan Lorazepam Antianxiety agent Aventyl nortriptyline Antidepressant bethanechol Urecholine Side-effect control bupropion Wellbutrin Antidepressant Buspar buspirone Antianxiety agent buspirone Buspar Antianxiety agent carbamazepine Tegretol Mood stabilizer Catapres clonidine Anti-ADD Antianxiety agent Centrax prazepam Antianxiety agent chlorpromazine Thorazine Antipsychotic chlordiazepoxide Librium Antianxiety agent Cibalith-S lithium citrate Mood stabilizer clomipramine Anafranil Antidepressant/Anti-OCD clonidine Catapres Anti-ADD Antianxiety agent clonazepam Klonopin Antianxiety agent Rivotril (Canad) clorazepate Tranxene Antianxiety agent clozapine Clozaril Antipsychotic Cylert Pemoline Psychostimulant Potentiates antidepressants cyproheptadine Periactin Side-effect control Cytomel liothyronine Potentiates antidepressants Decadron dexamethasone Diagnostic test for depression Depakene Valproic acid/Valproate Mood stabilizer Depakote divalproex Mood Stabilizer valproate deprenyl see selegiline Antidepressant desipramine Norpramin Antidepressant Desoxyn methamphetamine Psychostimulant dexamethasone Decadron Diagnostic test for depression. Desyrel trazodone Antidepressant Hypnotic Dexedrine dextroamphetamine Psychostimulant Potentiates antidepressants Dextroamphetamine Dexedrine Psychostimulant Potentiates antidepressants diazepam Valium Antianxiety agent disulfiram Antabuse Blocks alcohol metabolism divalproex Depakote Mood stabilizer doxepin Sinequan Antidepressant Adapin Elavil amitriptyline Antidepressant Effexor venlafaxine Antidepressant Eskalith lithium carbonate Mood stabilizer fluphenazine Prolixin Antipsychotic ethchlorvynol Placidyl Hypnotic felbamate Felbatol Mood Stabilizer Felbatol felbamate Mood stabilizer fluoxetine Prozac Antidepressant/Anti-OCD fluvoxamine Luvox Antidepressant/Anti-OCD Haldol haloperidol Antipsychotic haloperidol Haldol Antipsychotic imipramine Tofranil Antidepressant Inderal propranolol Side-effect control isocarboxazid Marplan Antidepressant Klonopin clonazepam Antianxiety agent Mood stabilizer levothyroxine Synthroid Potentiates antidepressants Mood stabilizer Librium chlordiazepoxide Antianxiety agent liothyronine Cytomel Potentiates antidepressants Mood stabilizer lithium carbonate Eskalith Mood stabilizer Lithane Potentiates antidepressants Lithane Lithonate Lithotabs lithium citrate Cibalith-S Mood stabilizer Potentiates antidepressants Lithonate lithium carbonate Mood stabilizer Potentiates antidepressants Lithotabs lithium carbonate Mood stabilizer Potentiates antidepressants lorazepam Ativan Antianxiety agent loxapine Loxitane Antipsychotic Loxitane loxapine Antipsychotic Ludiomil maprotoline Antidepressant Luvox fluvoxamine Antidepressant Manerix (Canad) moclobemide Antidepressant maprotoline Ludiomil Antidepressant Marplan isocarboxazid Antidepressant meprobamate Miltown Antianxiety agent mesoridazine Serentil Antipsychotic methamphetamine Desoxyn Psychostimulant Miltown meprobamate Antianxiety agent Moban molindone Antipsychotic moclobemide Manerix (Canad) Antidepressant molindone Moban Antipsychotic Nardil phenelzine Antidepressant Norpramin desipramine Antidepressant nortriptyline Aventyl Antidepressant Pamelor Orap pimozide Antipsychotic oxazepam Serax Antianxiety Pamelor nortriptyline Antidepressant Parnate tranylcypromine Antidepressant paroxetine Paxil Antidepressant Paxil paroxetine Antidepressant pemoline Cylert Psychostimulant Potentiates antidepressants Periactin cyproheptadine Side-effect control perphenazine Trilafon Antipsychotic phenelzine Nardil Antidepressant pimozide Orap Antipsychotic pindolol Visken Potentiates antidepressants Placidyl ethchlorvynol Hypnotic prazepam Centrax Antianxiety Prolixin fluphenazine Antipsychotic propranolol Inderal Side-effect control protriptyline Vivactil Antidepressant Prozac fluoxetine Antidepressant Risperdal risperidone Antipsychotic risperidone Risperdal Antipsychotic Ritalin methylphenidate Psychostimulant Potentiates antidepressants selegiline Eldepryl Antidepressant Serax oxazepam Antianxiety sertraline Zoloft Antidepressant Symmetrel amantadine Side-effect control Stelazine trifluoperazine Antipsychotic Surmontil trimipramine Antidepressant Synthroid levothyroxine Potentiates antidepressants Mood stabilizer Tegretol carbamazepine Mood stabilizer temazepam Restoril Hypnotic Tenormin atenolol Side-effect control thioridazine Mellaril Antipsychotic Thorazine chlorpromazine Antipsychotic Tofranil imipramine Antidepressant Tranxene clorazepate Antianxiety agent tranylcypromine Parnate Antidepressant trazodone Desyrel Antidepressant Hypnotic triazolam Halcion Hypnotic trihexyphenidyl Artane Side-effect control Trilafon perphenazine Antipsychotic trimipramine Surmontil Antidepressant Urecholine bethanechol Side-effect control Valium diazepam Antianxiety agent valproic acid Depakene Mood stabilizer Valproate Depakote/Depakene Mood stabilizer venlafaxine Effexor Antidepressant Vivactil protriptyline Antidepressant Wellbutrin bupropion Antidepressant Zoloft sertraline Antidepressant ======================================================================= Abbreviations bid Twice a day BP Bipolar BPD Borderline personality disorder CPZ Chlorpromazine (Thorazine DMI Desipramine (Norpramin) hs At bed time IMI Imipramine (Tofranil) IV Intra venous MAOI Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor od Once a day PBO Placebo po By mouth prn as needed SSRI Selective serotonin reuptake blocker q4h Every 4-hours qd Once a day qid Four times a day RIS Risperidone TCA Tricyclic antidepressant tid Three times a day UP Unipolar VA Valproic acid -- \\\\ (@ @) ||------------------------------------------------------ooO-( )-Ooo-----|| || Ivan Goldberg, MD ~ || || ikg@phantom.com ikg1@columbia.edu psydoc@netcom.com || || Voice = +1 212 876 7800 Fax = +1 212 737 0473 || || NY Psychopharmacologic Inst. 1346 Lexington Ave NYC 10128 || ||----------------------------------------------------------------------||