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1. Anticonvulsant drugs

   Anticonvulsants drugs can be classified according to their molecular mechanism of action. In general, the most useful mechanisms exploited therapeutically are those that enhance gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) action and inhibit sodium channel activity. Other mechanisms include inhibition of calcium channels and glutamate receptors.

   smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 7:48pm

2. Mood stabilising drugs

   A variety of chemotypes are grouped together as the mood stabilising drugs, used in the management of bipolar disorder (manic depression), mania and hypomania, and sometimes recurrent severe depression. Naming these drugs as mood stabilisers belies their action of stabilising mood in patients who experience problems with extreme highs, extreme lows, or mood swings between extreme highs and lows.

   Mood stabilisers should only be prescribed by mental health professionals, such as psychiatrists.

   smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 7:56pm

3. Migraine

   Migraine is a complex condition, but it is characterised as a moderate to severe, pulsating headache that is typically unilateral, and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision (aura). Migraines can last from two hours to several days. Associated symptoms can include nausea and vomiting, as well as sensitivities to light, sound or smell.

   Medical intervention is indicated when the migraines become frequent and/or are severe.

   efaccena - 22/05/2018 - 11:51am