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Medical Definition of Neuroleptic Medical Definition of Neuroleptic Neuroleptic: A term that refers to the effects of antipsychotic drugs on a patient, especially on his or her cognition and behavior. Neuroleptic drugs may produce a state of apathy, lack of initiative and limited range of emotion. In psychotic patients, neuroleptic drugs cause a reduction in confusion and agitation and tend to normalize psychomotor activity. The term comes from the Greek lepsis meaning a taking hold.
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Clonazepam Definition. Clonazepam belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are medications that help relieve nervousness, tension, symptoms of anxiety, and some types of seizures by slowing the central nervous system. In the United States, clonazepam is sold under brand name Klonopin.
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Psychoactive drug An assortment of psychoactive drugs-street drugs and medications. A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.
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antiseptic antiseptic. antiseptic, agent that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms on the external surfaces of the body. Antiseptics should generally be distinguished from drugs such as antibiotics that destroy microorganisms internally, and from disinfectants, which destroy microorganisms found on nonliving objects.
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Medications for Seizures (Convulsions) Medications for Seizures (Convulsions) What is Seizures: A seizure or convulsion can be a sudden, violent, uncontrollable contraction of a group of muscles. A seizure can also be more subtle, consisting of only a brief loss of contact or a few moments of what appears to be daydreaming. Compare drugs associated with Seizures. The following list of medications are in some way related to, or used in the treatment of this condition.
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- Anti-seizure drugs have been used to treat nerve pain for many years, but their use was limited by the severity of side effects they produce. Older anti-seizure drugs include: Carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol)
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Drugs illegal drugs - drugs whose manufacture, sale, or possession is illegal. Licit drugs are the legal. A condition in which an individual feels a compulsive need to continue taking a drug. In the process, the drug assumes an increasingly central role in the individual's life.
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Seizure Definition, Seizure Phases Defining Seizures. A seizure can be defined as abnormal, uncontrolled electrical activity in brain cells. Nerve cells transmit signals to and from the brain in two ways by (1) altering the concentrations of salts (sodium, potassium, calcium) within the cell and (2) releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters (gamma aminobutyric acid).
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Neurotransmitter a substance (e.g. norepinephrine, acetylcholine, dopamine) that is released from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron on excitation, and which travels across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. adrenergic neurotransmitter. see norepinephrine.
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- Excessive neurotransmission of dopamine is associated with schizophrenia, a clinical condition marked by seriously disordered thought. Antipsychotics, also called neuroleptics, are a class of compounds with a high affinity for several subtypes of dopamine receptors.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Phenytoin sodium is a commonly used antiepileptic. Phenytoin acts to suppress the abnormal brain activity seen in seizure by reducing electrical conductance among brain cells by stabilizing the inactive state of voltage-gated sodium channels.
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Medication-induced movement disorders There are other medications, however, that do not block dopamine action but still cause movement disorders. They are not referred to as neuroleptics, and they include lithium carbonate , valproic acid and a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
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tranquilizer tranquilizer. any of a group of compounds that calm or quiet an anxious patient. There are two types: the major tranquilizers called also neuroleptics (2) or antipsychotic agents, such as acepromazine, and the minor tranquilizers called also antianxiety agents, such as diazepam (Valium). See also psychotropic drugs.tranquilizer gun. see blow dart.here are two types: the major tranquilizers called also neuroleptics (2) or antipsychotic agents, such as acepromazine, and the minor tranquilizers called also antianxiety agents, such as diazepam (Valium). See also psychotropic drugs. tranquilizer gun. see blow dart.
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A to Z List of Neurological Disorders Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a life-threatening, neurological disorder most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs. Symptoms include high fever, sweating, unstable blood pressure, stupor, muscular rigidity, and autonomic dysfunction.euroleptic malignant syndrome is a life-threatening, neurological disorder most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs. Symptoms include high fever, sweating, unstable blood pressure, stupor, muscular rigidity, and autonomic dysfunction.
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- neurotransmitter. a substance (e.g. norepinephrine, acetylcholine, dopamine) that is released from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron on excitation, and which travels across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. adrenergic neurotransmitter. see norepinephrine. neurotransmitter receptor.
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- Nerve agents are a class of phosphorus-containing organic chemicals (organophosphates) that disrupt the mechanism by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by blocking acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that normally destroys acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter.
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narcolepsy Pathology. a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable lapses into deep sleep. — narcoleptic, adj. — narcolept, n. a condition characterized by an uncontrollable desire for sleep or sudden onsets of sleep. — narcoleptic, adj.
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- Antipsychotic Medications. Antipsychotic medications are the main form of treatment for psychotic disorders, not just for the treatment of schizophrenia. They are also called neuroleptic drugs or neuroleptics.
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- Description. Phenytoin is one of a group of hydantoin anticonvulsants that are used most commonly in the management of seizures in epilepsy. It is used in MS to manage painful sensations (dysesthesias) -- most commonly trigeminal neuralgia -- caused by demyelination in the sensory pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Click here to read more about phenytoin.
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Phenytoin Phenytoin is a drug that is used to treat some seizure disorders (see Epilepsy), including complex partial seizures (psychomotor seizures) and seizures that occurr during or after neurosurgery. Phenytoin may be used alone or with phenobarbital or other anticonvulsants. This test measures the amount of phenytoin in the blood. Seizure disorders affect the brain's ability to transmit electrical impulses and to regulate nerve activity.
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neuromuscular blockade narcotic blockade inhibition of the euphoric effects of narcotic drugs by the use of other drugs, such as methadone, in the treatment of addiction. neuromuscular blockade a failure in neuromuscular transmission that can be induced pharmacologically or result from any of various disturbances at the myoneural junction. See also neuromuscular blocking agent.
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Publications Prescriber Update 33(4): 31. December 2012. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and serotonin syndrome are rare, life-threatening, medicine-induced disorders. Both syndromes share clinical features, such as pyrexia, hypertonia and changes in mental state, making differentiation difficult.
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Psychoactive drug An assortment of psychoactive drugs-street drugs and medications. A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.sychoactive drug use can be traced to prehistory. There is archaeological evidence of the use of psychoactive substances (mostly plants) dating back at least 10,000 years, and historical evidence of cultural use over the past 5,000 years.
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hallucinogen a chemical agent capable of producing hallucinations. adj., adj hallucinogen´ic. Drugs that have hallucinogenic properties include lsd, mescaline, and psilocybin.Certain mushrooms, seeds, and cactus buttons (such as peyote) are also hallucinogenic. mind-altering chemical, drug, or agent, specifically a chemical the most prominent pharmacologic action of which is on the central nervous system (for example, mescaline); in normal people, it elicits optic or auditory hallucinations, depersonalization, perceptual disturbances, and disturbances of thought processes.
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Suicide/Toxification/Pentobarbital Pentobarbital (trade name: Nembutal) is a drug from the barbiturate class. It was widely used during the 1940s and 1950s as a sleeping pill (i.e. hypnotic) or anti-anxiety drug (i.e. sedative). Unlike modern sleeping pills, Nembutal is highly lethal in overdose.
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anticholinergic 2. (Pharmacology) med a drug or agent that blocks these nerve impulses, used to control intestinal spasm, increase the heart rate, dilate the pupils for examination of the eyes, dry secretions in anaesthesia, and in some forms to treat Alzheimer's disease.