Background: The drugs commonly used to treat bipolar disorder have limited efficacy and drug discovery is hampered by the paucity of knowledge of the pathophysiology of this disease. This study aims to explore the role of microRNAs in bipolar disorder and understand the molecular mechanisms of ...
Mental ailments are no different. They are actual disease processes that also need medical treatment in order to control the problem. In this lesson, we're going to cover the drugs used to treat bipolar disorder and autism. View Video Only Save Timeline Video Quiz Course 4K views Mania...
Mood stabilizers are typically used to treatbipolar disorder,schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and depression. They target chemical imbalances to control extreme mood swings. They include: Abilify (aripiprazole) Geodon (ziprasidone) Latuda (lurasidone) Risperdal (risperidone)...
Risperidone (targeting DRD2) is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and irritability in autistic patients52,53,54. Nimodipine (CACNA1C) has been found effective for treating resistant bipolar mood disorder55. Nilvadipine (CACNA1C) was found to be effective in treatment of schizophrenia...
All told, there are over a dozen drugs commonly used totreat symptoms of bipolar disorderthat are known to be affected, in differing degrees, by grapefruit: Anafranil (clomipramine) BuSpar (buspirone) Elavil (amitriptyline) Halcion (triazolam) ...
Vraylar (cariprazine) — an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat bipolar depression Wellbutrin (bupropion) Zoloft (sertraline) Zyprexa (olanzapine) — an antipsychotic medication used in combination with an antidepressant Depression Medication Side Effects More than 50% of people with depression will...
Drugs used to prevent or control the severity of seizures in various types of epilepsy. They may also be prescribed to treat bipolar disorder and some personality disorders. Antidepressants Antidepressants primarily used to prevent or treat depression, anxiety and obsessional problems. They work by...
Cyclic antidepressants are used in the treatment of major depression. They have also been used effectively to treat bipolar disorder, panic disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), enuresis, eating disorders (bulimia nervosa in particular), nicotine...
The drugs are used to treat neurological diseases (e.g., seizures, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease), psychosis (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and delirium), and chronic myelogenous leukemia and to induce and maintain general anesthesia during surgery (Fig. 4A and B)....
Relevant drugs targeting this channel are: clobazam a 1,5-benzodiazepine drug marketed as anticonvulsant since 1984; lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder, and included on the WHO list of essential medicines; ethosuximide and methosuximide, succinimide-...