a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a second generation antipsychotic (SGA) or atypical antipsychotic. Lurasidone rebalances dopamine and serotonin to improve thinking, mood, and behavior.....

edication class: Second generation antipsychotic (SGA), atypical antipsychotic

All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication.

What Is Ziprasidone And What Does It Treat?
Ziprasidone is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a second generation antipsychotic (SGA) or atypical antipsychotic. Ziprasidone rebalances dopamine and serotonin to improve thinking, mood, and behavior....

Medication class: Second generation antipsychotic (SGA), atypical antipsychotic

All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication.

What Is Olanzapine And What Does It Treat?
Olanzapine is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a second generation antipsychotic (SGA) or atypical antipsychotic. Olanzapine rebalances dopamine and serotonin to improve thinking, mood, and behavior...

Uses
Benztropine is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease or involuntary movements due to the side effects of certain psychiatric drugs (antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine/haloperidol). Benztropine belongs to a class of medication called anticholinergics that work by blocking a certain natural substance (acetylcholine). This helps decrease muscle stiffness, sweating, and the production of saliva, and helps improve walking ability in people with Parkinson's disease.

Anticholinergics can stop severe muscle spasms of the back, neck, and eyes that are sometimes caused by psychiatric drugs. It can also decrease other side effects such as muscle stiffness/rigidity (extrapyramidal signs-EPS). It is not helpful in treating movement problems caused by tardive dyskinesia and may worsen them. Benztropine should not be used in children younger than 3 years....

Medication class: benzodiazepine, anxiolytic (anti-anxiety)

All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication.

What Is Clonazepam And What Does It Treat?
Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine. It is approved for the treatment of panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia), as well as certain types of seizure disorders. However, benzodiazepines are also commonly used to treat difficulty sleeping and alcohol withdrawal.

Panic Disorder occurs when a person experiences unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear. These episodes have physical symptoms including chest pain, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, dizziness, and nausea. Fear of future episodes is also part of panic disorder.....

Medication class: mood stabilizer, anticonvulsant

All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication.

What Is Valproate And What Does It Treat?
Valproate is a mood stabilizer medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression),seizures (epilepsy), and migraine headaches. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of depression and/or mania.

Symptoms of depression include:

Depressed mood, feeling sad, empty, or tearful
Feeling worthless, guilty, hopeless, or helpless
Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities
Sleep and eat more or less than usual (for most people it is less)
Low energy, trouble concentrating, or thoughts of death (suicidal thinking)
Psychomotor agitation ('nervous energy')
Psychomotor retardation (feeling like you are moving in slow motion)
Symptoms of mania include:....

Medication class: Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressant

All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication.

What Is Duloxetine And What Does It Treat?
Duloxetine is an antidepressant medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), fibromyalgia, and chronic musculoskeletal pain...

Medication class: central alpha agonist

All FDA warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please consult them before taking this medication.

What Is Guanfacine And What Does It Treat?
Guanfacine is a prescription medication that is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in individuals between 6 and 17 years of age. Guanfacine is also used to treat blood pressure in both children and adults.

Symptoms of ADHD interfere with an individual’s ability to function at school or work or in social settings and include:

Inattention (making careless mistakes, losing things necessary for tasks)
Hyperactivity (inability to sit still)
Impulsivity (interrupting or intruding on others)
A person may have severe inattention without hyperactivity or impulsivity.

Guanfacine is used in addition to non-medication treatments to manage ADHD symptoms....