Amisulpride/Sulpiride
Amisulpride and sulpiride are anti-psychotic drugs. They’re used to treat psychosis in schizophrenia acute and chronic, at there onset, and over long term where delusions and hallucinations are known as positive symptoms, with the negative symptoms being emotional and social withdrawal. Sometimes people... [Read more]
Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of some forms of epilepsy and prophylaxis (medical or public health measures taken in order to prevent disease or health) of bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) in patients unresponsive to lithium. can also be... [Read more]
Chlorpromazine
Chlorpromazine is a white tablet it belongs to a group of drugs known as Phenothiazine It is also amongst one of the first antipsychotics drugs. Effective in suppressing abnormal behaviour, Chlorpromazine will also reduce aggression and has a general tranquillizing effect. Chlorpromazine is also used along with... [Read more]
Clozapine
Clozapine is a new type of atypical antipsychotics drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia (including psychosis in Parkinson’s disease) in patients unresponsive to, or intolerant of, conventional antipsychotic drugs. It is used principally in patients who have not responded to other drugs, or who have experienced... [Read more]
Flupentixol
This particular medication is a neuroleptic and typical antipsychotic drug. It is a thioxanthene, and therefore closely related to the phenothiazines. Flupentixol (previously flupenthixol in UK) is a anti-psychotic drug that is prescribed to treat Schizophrenia particularly with apathy and withdrawal which is... [Read more]
Haloperidol
Haloperidol is an antipsychotic and belongs to a group of drugs known as Butyrophenone. Antipsychotic drugs are also known as ‘neuroleptics’ and (misleadingly) as ‘major tranquillisers’. There’re effective in reducing the violent aggresive manifestations of mental illness such as schizophrenia, mania,... [Read more]
Olanzapine
Used to treat schizophrenia and mania olanzapine an atypical antipsychotic drug works by blocking different receptors including histamine, dopamine and serotonin receptors. The drug can be used to treat both the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Olanzapine when used to treat mania can be used alone... [Read more]
Prochlorperazine
Prochlorperazine is a drug that belongs to the phenothiazine class of antipsychotic agents that are used for the antiemetic treatment of nausea and vertigo. It is also a highly-potent typical antipsychotic, 10 to 20 times more potent than chlorpromazine. Prochlorperazine a White tablet, is a phenothiazine drug.... [Read more]
