Medicine Glossary

January 11th, 2009

A glossary of medications I will mention in this blog.

Sulpitac 50 mg: rectifying abnormalities in the brain.Sulphitac is the brand name of a medicine called amisulpride. It is to be used only in patients of schizophrenia, not ordinary depression. Its side effects include: anxiety, agitation (very common) apart from sleepiness, constipation, nausea, vomiting and dry mouth. Other side effects include weight gain, acute dystonia (impairment of muscular tone), extrapyramidal side effects (such as involuntary movement of muscles), tardive dyskinesia (involuntary and painful spasm of neck muscles), low blood pressure, low heart rate

OLEANZ PLUS: Drowsiness, weight gain, increased appetite, dizziness, constipation, dry mouth, raised liver enzymes

Mirtaz 15 mg: Drowsiness, dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, dry mouth & Mirtazapine is prescribed for the treatment of major depression. Generic Remeron (Mirtazapine) is thought to work by adjusting the balance of the brain's natural chemical messengers, especially norepinephrine and serotonin.

DEPAKOTE 250 mg :

1) for the prevention of migraine

2) as sole and adjunctive therapy for complex partial seizures in isolation or in association with other types of seizures and simple and complex absence seizures in children with epilepsy ages 10 and above

3) for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder.

Silybon 140 mg: Supportive treatment for liver disease.

BecoZinc: B-complex.