### science | medicine | antidepressant drug:

Trazodone
* appears similar, but with little effect on noradrenaline.
* can help the anxious patient go to sleep
  - lower the seizure threshold
* has strong sedative properties but little anticholinergic effect
  - weak skeletal muscle-relaxant activity and no anticonvulsant activity
* inhibits serotonin reuptake, but it's chemically different from the SSRIs.
  - used in the treatment of aggressive behavior and cocaine withdrawal
  - chemically different from other antidepressants
  - excreted into the breast milk
  - one of the safest sleeping pills for seniors, as well
  - particularly efficacious in relieving nighttime agitation
* weak serotonin reuptake inhibitor drug with other effects on brain neurotransmitters.

Trazodone hydrochloride
* can cause significant drowsiness, orthostasis, and priapism.
* is an antidepressant drug

Tricyclic
* are one of the oldest classes of medications.
* can cause dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, dizziness and sedation
  - have serious, although rare, side effects and can cause fatal overdose
* cause impotence, ejaculatory disturbances and anorgasmia.

### science | medicine | antidepressant drug:

Tricyclic antidepressant
* appear effective against certain forms of diabetic neuropathy
  - to be effective in some cases of chronic urticaria
* are an older class of antidepressants, but which work quite well
  - anticholinergic poisons in elderly and demented patients
  - commonly prescribed agents that are often lethal in overdose
  - effective adjuvant analgesics in a wide range of painful conditions
  - more likely to cause adverse events and dropouts
  - no longer the mainstay of pharmacotherapy for depression
* facilitate and increase the sympathomimetic response of phenylephrine.
* have a narrow therapeutic index, and overdoses can be life-threatening
  - an additive sympathomimetic effect with phenylephrine
  - anticholinergic effects
* increase the availability of several neurotransmitters in the brain.
* relieve pain in up to two-thirds of patients.
* type of drug that is widely prescribed for depression.
* work because they block the normal function of serotonin.

Antidepressant medicine
* Some antidepressant medicines can help nerve pain and irritation.
* can interact with other medicines.
* have other side effects.
* helps symptoms of depression.
* work by increasing the amount of norepinephrine or serotonin

Different antidepressant
* Many different antidepressants are now available.
* have different effects.

Modern antidepressant
* are much safer and have fewer troublesome side effects than older ones.
* have fewer side effects than older antidepressants.

Antiemetic
* Some antiemetics also have sedative effects.
* block the messages to the vomiting center of the brain.
* is medicine.
* prevent or relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

Antiepileptic drug
* Any antiepileptic drug can cause cognitive or memory impairment and sedation.
* are also teratogenic.
* is medicine
* work by reducing the abnormal firing of cortical neurons.

### science | medicine | antiepileptic drug:

Hydantoin
* Some hydantoins are central nervous system depressants.
* are anticonvulsants.
* is an antiepileptic drug