Section 24: Psychotherapeutic Drugs

24.1 DRUGS USED IN PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

¤chlorpromazine tablet, 100 mg (hydrochloride)

syrup, 25 mg

(hydrochloride)/5 ml

injection, 25 mg

(hydrochloride)/ml in 2-ml ampoule

¤fluphenazine (5) injection, 25 mg

(decanoate or enantate)

in 1-ml ampoule

¤haloperidol tablet, 2 mg, 5 mg

injection, 5 mg in

1-ml ampoule

24.2 DRUGS USED IN MOOD DISORDERS

24.2.1 DRUGS USED IN DEPRESSIVE

DISORDERS

¤amitriptyline tablet, 25 mg (hydrochloride)

24.2.2 DRUGS USED IN BIPOLAR DISORDERS

carbamazepine (10, 11) scored tablet, 100 mg, 200 mg

lithium carbonate (2, 4) capsule or tablet, 300 mg

valproic acid (7, 11) enteric coated tablet,

200 mg, 500 mg (sodium salt)

24.3 DRUGS USED IN GENERALIZED

ANXIETY AND SLEEP DISORDERS

¤diazepam (1b) scored tablet, 2 mg, 5 mg

24.4 DRUGS USED IN OBSESSIVE

COMPULSIVE DISORDERS AND

PANIC ATTACKS

clomipramine capsules, 10 mg, 25 mg

(hydrochloride)