Monday, September 19, 2016

Central nervous system agents


Central nervous system agents are drugs that affect the central nervous system i.e. the brain and the spinal cord, and produce a response that could be used to alleviate or treat a particular medical condition.


Central nervous system agents can be used as analgesics, anesthetics, anti-emetics, anti-convulsants, and have many more therapeutic uses.

See also

  • analgesics
    • analgesic combinations
    • antimigraine agents
    • cox-2 inhibitors
    • miscellaneous analgesics
    • narcotic analgesic combinations
    • narcotic analgesics
    • nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents
    • salicylates
  • anorexiants
  • anticonvulsants
    • barbiturate anticonvulsants
    • benzodiazepine anticonvulsants
    • carbamate anticonvulsants
    • carbonic anhydrase inhibitor anticonvulsants
    • dibenzazepine anticonvulsants
    • fatty acid derivative anticonvulsants
    • gamma-aminobutyric acid analogs
    • gamma-aminobutyric acid reuptake inhibitors
    • gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase inhibitors
    • hydantoin anticonvulsants
    • miscellaneous anticonvulsants
    • neuronal potassium channel openers
    • oxazolidinedione anticonvulsants
    • pyrrolidine anticonvulsants
    • succinimide anticonvulsants
    • triazine anticonvulsants
    • urea anticonvulsants
  • antiemetic/antivertigo agents
    • 5HT3 receptor antagonists
    • anticholinergic antiemetics
    • miscellaneous antiemetics
    • phenothiazine antiemetics
  • antiparkinson agents
    • anticholinergic antiparkinson agents
    • dopaminergic antiparkinsonism agents
    • miscellaneous antiparkinson agents
  • anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics
    • barbiturates
    • benzodiazepines
    • miscellaneous anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics
  • cholinergic agonists
  • cholinesterase inhibitors
  • CNS stimulants
  • drugs used in alcohol dependence
  • general anesthetics
  • miscellaneous central nervous system agents
  • muscle relaxants
    • neuromuscular blocking agents
    • skeletal muscle relaxant combinations
    • skeletal muscle relaxants

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