Category: T

A tricyclic antidepressant medication infrequently prescribed today. Marketed under the brand name surmontil. Antidepressant used to treat depression, anxiety, and occasionally insomnia. Adverse effects include symptoms of Parkinsonism, rapid heartbeat, hypotension, and increased occular pressure. A tricyclic antidepressant drug that also possesses sedative properties. It is given by mouth or by injection for the treatment…

Brand name (now discontinued) for the conventional antipsychotic drug perphenazine. A commercial preparation of one of the major tranquilizers.  

An anticholinergic medication used to treat muscle stiffness and other motor side effects from parkinson’s disease or as a result of treatment with conventional antipsychotics such as haloperidol (haldol). Now available only as generic but may still be known by the discontinued brand name artane. An anticholinergic used to control extrapyramidal symptoms. Artane is the…

A conventional antipsychotic medication (a phenothiazine of the piperazine class) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Now available only as generic but may still be known by the discontinued brand name stelazine. An antipsychotic drug Stelazine is the brand name. A major tranquilizer with uses and effects similar to those of chlorpromazine. Common…

An older class of antidepressants that enhance the concentration of norepinephrine and serotonin in the central nervous system (CNS). They are named after their chemical structure, which contains three rings of atoms, and are closely related to the tetracyclic antidepressants, which contain four rings of atoms. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs, such as…

A benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic medication used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. It is infrequently prescribed because of its propensity to produce amnesia and memory disturbance, especially at high doses. Marketed under the brand name halcion. Sleeping pill, widely prescribed for insomnia. Side effects include lightheadedness, dizziness, and drowsiness.  

Brand name (now discontinued) for perphenazine–amitriptyline combination.  

A trembling or shaking of the body or any of its parts. It may be induced by medication. Rhythmic, quivering movements from involuntary alternating contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscles; tremor may occur as a result of age (senile tremor) or disease (e.g., Parkinsonism, multiple sclerosis, and many degenerative diseases of the nervous system); some…

Lack of response to a specific therapy that ordinarily would be expected to be effective.