Summary of Common Drugs Used to Treat Mental Disorder

AuthorMichael Butler
Pages309-310

Appendix 4


Summary of Common Drugs Used to Treat Mental Disorder

A summary of some of the most common drugs used to treat psychotic disorder and episodes of mania or hypomania is set out below. The information is obtained from the British National Formulary (BNF) 67 (March 2014), a joint publication of the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

First-generation antipsychotic drugs

Tablet Trade name Chlorpromazine Largactil Flupentixol Depixol Haloperidol Haldol Pimozide Ora Sulpiride Dolmatil Trifluoperazine Stelazine Zuclopenthixol Clopixol Second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic drugs
Tablet Trade name Amisulpride Solian Aripiprazole Abilify Clozapine Clozaril Olanzapine Zyprexa

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Second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic drugs (continued)

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