Drug therapy

• Antipsychotic drugs?


  manages psychotic disorder symptoms by modulating neurotransmitters,particularly dopamine.
• Schizophrenia?

  associated with pleasure seeking and those who have it will have very little insight into their condition and will have lost touch in reality in some aspects. often due to having too much dopamine.
• Conventional antipsychotic?

  work by combating positive symptoms of schizophrenia,such like hallucinations and delusions. Work by blocking receptors to increase the rabsorption of dopamine.
• Atypical antipsychotics?

  newer antipsychotic drugs targeting dopamine receptors, effective against positive and negative symptoms with fewer movement-related side effects.
• Antidepressants are used to help treat depression, which is either due to be insufficient amounts of neurotransmitters such as serotonin being produces in the nerve endings (synapse).
• Depression links to mood, loss of appetite and sleep. The most commonly prescribed drug for this is Prozac (SSRIs). This works by blocking the rate of re absorption, which allows more serotonin to be left in the synapse and thus more serotonin is there to increase levels.
• antianxiety Drugs are used to treat anxiety and stress. The most common drug used are benzodiazepines (BZ). They are central nervous system depressants used as sedatives,enhancing GABA neurotransmitter activity to reduce anxiety and induce calmness.
• Beta blockers are medications primarily for cardiovascular conditions, blocking adrenaline and noradrenaline effects to reduce heart rate and blood pressure.