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Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Vigabatrin Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Infantile spasms in children (ages 1 month-2 years) Adjunctive for treatment-resistant epilepsy Complex partial seizures Cocaine or methamphetamine…

Class Antiadrenergic, synaptic vesicle blocker, antidopaminergic, antimonoaminergic Reserpine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Hypertension Psychotic states Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) or tics Chorea and dyskinesias in…

Class Triptan Rizatriptan Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Migraine Rizatriptan How the Drug Works Selective 5-HT1 receptor agonist, working predominantly at the B and D receptor subtypes. Effectiveness…

Class Dopamine agonist, non-ergot Ropinirole Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Parkinson’s disease (PD) Restless legs syndrome (RLS) Ropinirole How the Drug Works Dopamine agonist, with high affinity for…

Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Primidone Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Generalized tonic-clonic, psychomotor, and partial seizures (monotherapy and adjunctive, children and adults) Essential tremor Long QT syndrome Psychosis…

Class Dopamine agonist, non-ergot Pramipexole Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Parkinson’s disease (PD) Restless legs syndrome (RLS) Fibromyalgia Pramipexole How the Drug Works Dopamine agonist, with high affinity…

Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Phenytoin Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Generalized tonic-clonic and complex partial seizures (monotherapy or adjunctive in adults and children) Treatment of seizures during or…

Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Tiagabine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Partial seizures in adults and children age 12 or older Temporal lobe epilepsy (children and adults) Panic disorder…

Class Antiemetic, vestibular suppressant, antihistamine Meclizine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Motion sickness Vertigo Meclizine How the Drug Works Antihistamine and anticholinergic drug Meclizine How Long Until It…

Class Antihypertensive, beta-blocker (non-selective) Propranolol Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Migraine prophylaxis Essential tremor Hypertension Angina pectoris due to coronary atherosclerosis Cardiac arrhythmias (including supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia,…