Principles of Therapeutics

Mechanisms of action, use, and adverse effects of drugs for treatment of disorders of the nervous system

• Anesthetics
• Hypnotics
• Psychopharmacologic agents
  
  (eg, anxiolytics, antidepressants, antipsychotic agents, mood-stabilizing agents)
• Anticonvulsants
• Analgesics
• Stimulants, amphetamines
• Antiparkinsonian drugs
• Skeletal muscle relaxants, botulinum toxin
• Neuromuscular junction blocking agents (postsynaptic)
• Antiglaucoma drugs
• Drugs used to decrease intracranial pressure (eg, mannitol, high-dose glucocorticoids)
• Antimigraine agents
• Drugs affecting autonomic nervous system (eg,
  anticholinesterases)

Other therapeutic modalities (eg, radiation, CFS shunting, surgery)

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