Class Neuromuscular drug; skeletal muscle relaxant, direct acting Dantrolene Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Chronic spasticity Malignant hyperthermia (MT) Exercise-induced muscle pain Heat stroke Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Dantrolene…
Class Immunosuppressant, immunomodulator Cyclophosphamide Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Treatment of malignancies, including lymphomas (lymphocytic, mixed-cell type, histiocytic, Burkitt’s, and Hodgkin’s disease), disseminated neuroblastoma, ovarian adenocarcinoma and breast…
Class Cholinesterase inhibitor, peripheral Edrophonium Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Myasthenia gravis (MG) – diagnostic test Curare antagonist (to reverse respiratory depression) Edrophonium How the Drug Works Improves…
Class Benzodiazepine, antiepileptic drug (AED) Clonazepam Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Seizure disorders. Used as monotherapy or adjunctive for the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, akinetic, myoclonic or absence…
Class Antiemetic, antipsychotic Chlorpromazine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Antiemetic Intractable hiccups Psychosis, schizophrenia Mania in bipolar disorder Acute intermittent porphyria Tetanus Restlessness and apprehension before surgery Hyperactivity…
Class Antiparkinson agent Carbidopa/Levodopa Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Parkinson’s disease (PD) including idiopathic PD, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, symptomatic parkinsonism Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) Restless legs syndrome (RLS) Carbidopa/Levodopa How…
Class Skeletal muscle relaxant, centrally acting Carisoprodol Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Acute painful musculoskeletal conditions Muscle spasm Insomnia Carisoprodol How the Drug Works Sedative, may block interneuronal…
Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Carbamazepine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalization (adults and children, monotherapy and adjunctive) Generalized tonic-clonic seizures Mixed…
Class Neurotoxin Botulinum Toxin Type A Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Cervical dystonia (CD) Glabellar lines Axillary hyperhidrosis (Onabotulinum toxin A only) Strabismus and blepharospasm associated with dystonia…
