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Ipratropium Bromide

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SAMA
Used in acute symptoms of COPD

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Fluticasone
Budesonide
Belclometasone

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ICS
Used in maintenance treatment of asthma and COPD

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Montelukasts

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Leukotriene receptor antagonist
Used in maintenance treatment of asthma

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Salbutamol
Terbutaline

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SAB2A
Used in acute relief of asthma and COPD

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Omalizumab
Mepolizumab

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Monoclonal Antibodies
Used in maintenance of mod-severe allergic asthma

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Theophylline
Aminophylline

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Methylanthines
Used in acute relief of asthma and COPD (rarely) Mostly used in symptomatic relief of asthma and COPD

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Tiotrobium
Glycopyrronium Bromide
Umeclidinium

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LAMA
Used in maintenance of asthma and COPD

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Salmeterol
Formoterol
Eformoterol
Indacaterol

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LAB2A
Maintenance treatment of asthma and COPD

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Clozapine

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Atypical antipsychotic
Used in schizophrenia unresponsive to other antipsychotics

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Olanzapine

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Atypical antipsychotic
Used in bipolar and mania

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Risperidone

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Atypical antipsychotic
Used in Bipolar, mania, behavioral emergencies, delirium

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Aripiprazole

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Atypical antipsychotic
Used in schizophrenia, bipolar and mania

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Haloperidol

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Typical antipsychotic
Can be used as antiemetic, severe anxiety, hiccups, Tourette’s, behavioral emergencies, delirium

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Chlorpromazine

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Typical Antipsychotic
Antiemetic, severe anxiety, hiccups, behavioral emergencies, delirium

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Quetiapine

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Atypical antipsychotic
Bipolar, Mania

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Flupenthixol

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Typical Antipsychotic
Used in chronic psychoses

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Diazepam

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Benzodiazepine
Anxiety/agitation, acute etoh withdrawal, muscle spasm, premedication, procedural sedation, status epilepticus

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Midazolam

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Benzodiazepine
Adjunctive treatment for epilepsy, status epilepticus, procedural sedation

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Oxcarbazepine

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Na channel inhibitor
Used in generalized tonic-clonic, focal impairment and psychomotor

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Clonazepam

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Benzodiazepine
Epilepsy - absent or myoclonic, infantile spasms, status epilepticus

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Phenytoin

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Na channel inhibitor
Epiliepsy (all types but absent), status epilepticus

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Gabapentin

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Gabapentinoid
Focal seizures and neuropathic pain

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Levetiracetam

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Ca channel inhibitor
Focal seizure or adjunct for other seizures

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Pregabalin

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GABA Analogue (Gabapentinoid)
Focal seizures, neuropathic pain

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Ethosuximide
Selective Na and Ca channel inhibitors Absent seizures
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Temazepam
Benzodiazepine short-term treatment of insomnia
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Lamotrigine
Slow inactivation of voltage-gated Na channels Adjunct therapy in focal seizures and generalized epilepsy
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Sodium Valporate
Block Na, K and Ca channels All seizure types, Bipolar and Migraines
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Carbamazepine
Na Channel Inhibitor Generalized, focal impaired and psychomotor seizures. Neuropathic pain, Bipolar and Mania
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Topiramate
Enhance GABA inhibition Focal and generalized seizures
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Tiagabine
Enhance GABA inhibition Focal and generalized seizures
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Vigabatrin
Enhance GABA inhibition Adjunctive treatment for focal seizures
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Flumazenil
Benzodiazepine antagonist Benzodiazepine OD or to reverse sedative effects after surgical procedures
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Lorazepam
Benzodiazepine Anxiety, short term treatment of insomnia or premedication for surgery
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Clonazepam
Benzodiazepine Absent and myoclonic seizures, infantile spasms, status epileticus
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Levodopa/carbidoa
Levodopa is converted to dopamine Carbidopa is a peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibitor which reduces peripheral dopamine Used in Parkinson's
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Entacapone
Inhibits COMT in peripheral tissues increasing levodopa in brain Adjunct therapy in Parkinsons
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Selegiline
MAO-B inhibitor - irreversible Parkinsons
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Dantrolene
Direct acting muscle relaxant MS, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and CVA. Also used as antidote to malignant hyperthermia
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Tetrabenazine
Acts via dopamine pathways to release monoamine neurotransmitters depleting the brains dopamine levels Huntingtons Chorea and Tardive dyskinesia
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Baclofen
Enhancing GABA inhibitory transmission, inhibiting motor neurons mainly at spinal cord. Muscle relaxant Chronic spasticity in MS and Spinal cord lesions
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Pyridostigmine
Anticholinesterase Myasthenia Gravis and in reversal of neuromuscular blockade induce by non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockers
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Varenicline
Partial agonist at neuronal nicotinic receptors Aid smoking cessation
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Nicotine
Ganglion Stimulant, CNS stimulant Aid smoking cessation
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Dexamfetamine
Causes noradrenaline accumulation by inhibitory transporters causing a sympathomimetic effect. CNS stimulant Treatment for ADHA and narcolepsy
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Thiamine
Water soluble Vitamin B1 Used in ETOH withdrawal and in Thiamine deficiencies
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Methadone
Sympathetic orally active opiod Analgesic or replacement in opiod withdrawal
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Sumatriptan
Selectively constricts cranial vessels by agonist actions at serotonin receptors Acute migraine and Cluster headaches
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Memantine
Non-competitive antagonist at glutamate NMDA - type receptors Moderate-Severe Alzheimer's
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Pramipexole
Non-ergot-derived dopaminergic agonist Parkinsons and Restless Legs Syndrome
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Xanthine Derivatives
Relax smooth muscle, stimulate cardiac muscle, diaphragm contractility + the CNS Used in asthma and copd as it is a weak bronchodilator. Increases the effectiveness of corticosteroids. Theophylline
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Venlafaxine
SNRI Major depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder
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Mianserin
Tetracyclic antidepressant major depression and pain management
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St Johns Wort
Herbal remedy - similar action to TCA's can cause lots of drug interactions
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Moclobemide
MAO inhibitor Second or 3rd line treatment of anxiety and depression
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Lithium
Unknown action on the CNS Help stabilise mood. Used in acute mania, and prevention of mania
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Neostigmine
Anticholinesterase Used in Myasthenia Gravis
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Ivabradine
Selective sinus node If channel inhibitor Stable angina
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Milrone
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor Short term treatment of severe HF and for low cardiac output state.
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Sacubitril/Valsartan
neprilysin/angiotensin (AT1) receptor inhibitor Hear Failure
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Sotalol
B-adrenoreceptor antagonist which also blocks cardia K channels treatment and prevention of atrial and serious ventricular dysrhythmias
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Digoxin
Unclassified antidysrhythmic AF, atrial flutter, paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, HF

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