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Psychiatric Medications For Mental Illness

Index of Psychiatric Medications

Listing of antipsychotic, antimanic, antidepressant, and antianxiety medications by generic and brand names. Also a children's psychiatric medications chart.

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To find the section of the text that describes a particular medication in the lists below, find the generic (chemical) name and look it up on the first list or find the trade (brand) name and look it up on the second list. If the name of the medication does not appear on the prescription label, ask the doctor or pharmacist for it. (Note: Some drugs are marketed under numerous trade names, not all of which can be listed in a short publication like this one. If your medication's trade name does not appear in the list--and some older medicines are no longer listed by trade names--look it up by its generic name or ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.) Stimulant medications that are used by both children and adults with ADHD are listed in the children's medications chart).

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEDICATIONS BY GENERIC NAME

GENERIC NAME	TRADE NAME

*Antipsychotic Medications*
chlorpromazine	Thorazine
chlorprothixene	Taractan
clozapine	Clozaril
fluphenazine	Permitil, Prolixin
haloperidol	Haldol
loxapine	Loxitane
mesoridazine	Serentil
molindone	Lidone, Moban
olanzapine	Zyprexa
perphenazine	Trilafon
pimozide (for Tourette's syndrome)	Orap
quetiapine	Seroquel
risperidone	Risperdal
thioridazine	Mellaril
thiothixene	Navane
trifluoperazine	Stelazine
trifluopromazine	Vesprin
ziprasidone	Geodon

*Antimanic Medications*
carbamazepine	Tegretol
divalproex sodium (valproic acid)	Depakote
gabapentin	Neurontin
lamotrigine	Lamictal
lithium carbonate	Eskalith, Lithane, Lithobid
lithium citrate	Cibalith-S
topimarate	Topamax

*Antidepressant Medications*
amitriptyline	Elavil
amoxapine	Asendin
bupropion	Wellbutrin
citalopram (SSRI)	Celexa
clomipramine	Anafranil
desipramine	Norpramin, Pertofrane
doxepin	Adapin, Sinequan
escitalopram (SSRI)	Lexapro
fluvoxamine (SSRI)	Luvox
fluoxetine (SSRI)	Prozac
imipramine	Tofranil
isocarboxazid (MAOI)	Marplan
maprotiline	Ludiomil
mirtazapine	Remeron
nefazodone	Serzone
nortriptyline	Aventyl, Pamelor
paroxetine (SSRI)	Paxil
phenelzine (MAOI)	Nardil
protriptyline	Vivactil
sertraline (SSRI)	Zoloft
tranylcypromine (MAOI)	Parnate
trazodone	Desyrel
trimipramine	Surmontil
venlafaxine	Effexor

*Antianxiety Medications*
(All of these antianxiety medications except buspirone are benzodiazepines)
alprazolam	Xanax
buspirone	BuSpar
chlordiazepoxide	Librax, Libritabs, Librium
clonazepam	Klonopin
clorazepate	Azene, Tranxene
diazepam	Valium
halazepam	Paxipam
lorazepam	Ativan
oxazepam	Serax
prazepam	Centrax

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEDICATIONS BY TRADE NAME

TRADE NAME	GENERIC NAME

*Antipsychotic Medications*
Clozaril	clozapine
Geodon	ziprasidone
Haldol	haloperidol
Lidone	molindone
Loxitane	loxapine
Mellaril	thioridazine
Moban	molindone
Navane	thiothixene
Orap (for Tourette's syndrome)	pimozide
Permitil	fluphenazine
Prolixin	fluphenazine
Risperdal	risperidone
Serentil	mesoridazine
Seroquel	quetiapine
Stelazine	trifluoperazine
Taractan	chlorprothixene
Thorazine	chlorpromazine
Trilafon	perphenazine
Vesprin	trifluopromazine
Zyprexa	olanzapine

*Antimanic Medications*
Cibalith-S	lithium citrate
Depakote	valproic acid, divalproex sodium
Eskalith	lithium carbonate
Lamictal	lamotrigine
Lithane	lithium carbonate
Lithobid	lithium carbonate
Neurontin	gabapentin
Tegretol	carbamazepine
Topamax	topiramate

*Antidepressant Medications*
Adapin	doxepin
Anafranil	clomipramine
Asendin	amoxapine
Aventyl	nortriptyline
Celexa (SSRI)	citalopram
Desyrel	trazodone
Effexor	venlafaxine
Elavil	amitriptyline
Lexapro (SSRI)	escitalopram
Ludiomil	maprotiline
Luvox (SSRI)	fluvoxamine
Marplan (MAOI)	isocarboxazid
Nardil (MAOI)	phenelzine
Norpramin	desipramine
Pamelor	nortriptyline
Parnate (MAOI)	tranylcypromine
Paxil (SSRI)	paroxetine
Pertofrane	desipramine
Prozac (SSRI)	fluoxetine
Remeron	mirtazapine
Serzone	nefazodone
Sinequan	doxepin
Surmontil	trimipramine
Tofranil	imipramine
Vivactil	protriptyline
Wellbutrin	bupropion
Zoloft (SSRI)	sertraline

*Antianxiety Medications*
(All of these antianxiety medications except BuSpar are benzodiazepines)
Ativan	lorazepam
Azene	clorazepate
BuSpar	buspirone
Centrax	prazepam
Librax, Libritabs, Librium	chlordiazepoxide
Klonopin	clonazepam
Paxipam	halazepam
Serax	oxazepam
Tranxene	clorazepate
Valium	diazepam
Xanax	alprazolam

CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION CHART

TRADE NAME	GENERIC NAME	APPROVED AGE

*Stimulant Medications*
Adderall	amphetamine	3 and older
Adderall XR	amphetamine (extended release)	6 and older
Concerta	methylphenidate (long acting)	6 and older
Cylert*	pemoline	6 and older
Dexedrine	dextroamphetamine	3 and older
Dextrostat	dextroamphetamine	3 and older
Focalin	dexmethylphenidate	6 and older
Metadate ER	methylphenidate (extended release)	6 and older
Ritalin	methylphenidate	6 and older
*Because of its potential for serious side effects affecting the liver, Cylert should not ordinarily be considered as first-line drug therapy for ADHD.

*Antidepressant and Antianxiety Medications*
Anafranil	clomipramine	10 and older (for OCD)
BuSpar	buspirone	18 and older
Effexor	venlafaxine	18 and older
Luvox (SSRI)	fluvoxamine	8 and older (for OCD)
Paxil (SSRI)	paroxetine	18 and older
Prozac (SSRI)	fluoxetine	18 and older
Serzone (SSRI)	nefazodone	18 and older
Sinequan	doxepin	12 and older
Tofranil	imipramine	6 and older (for bedwetting)
Wellbutrin	bupropion	18 and older
Zoloft (SSRI)	sertraline	6 and older (for OCD)

*Antipsychotic Medications*
Clozaril (atypical)	clozapine	18 and older
Haldol	haloperidol	3 and older
Risperdal (atypical)	risperidone	18 and older
Seroquel (atypical)	quetiapine	18 and older
Mellaril	thioridazine	2 and older
Zyprexa (atypical)	olanzapine	18 and older
Orap	pimozide	12 and older (for Tourette's syndrome -- Data for age 2 and older indicate similar safety profile)

*Mood Stabilizing Medications*
Cibalith-S	lithium citrate	12 and older
Depakote	valproic acid	2 and older (for seizures)
Eskalith	lithium carbonate	12 and older
Lithobid	lithium carbonate	12 and older
Tegretol	carbamazepine	any age (for seizures)

Updated: May 14, 2002

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