Raymot's International Generic-Brand Dictionary

... of CNS Drugs; Psychotropics; Pain Medications.
with Brand Names from AUS, US, UK, Canada, Sth Africa
and Links to information
Correct at 2002, but no longer updated

BRAND INDEX
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-999

GENERIC INDEX
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9

MAIN INDEX: TO PAGES by CONDITION

Acute and Chronic Pain Drugs:
1a. Migraine, Headache, and Acute Pain drugs. Acute Attack
1b. Migraine Preventatives and Adjunct Drugs for Chronic Pain .
2a. Analgesics. Narcotics
2b. Analgesics. OTC drugs ("Over the counter" -- not applicable everywhere)
2c. Analgesics. Compounds with narcotics and barbiturates.

Mood Disorder Drugs:
3a. Depression Antidepressants
3b. Bipolar Affective Disorder Bipolar Drugs / Mood Stabilisers
3c. CNS Stimulants; Weight Loss and Diet Pills

Drugs for Insomnia, Anxiety and Anxiety-Related Disorders.
4a. Benzodiazepines
4b. Antihistamines -- Sedating and Non-Sedating
4c. Other Sedatives / Hypnotics / Anxiolytics

Antipsychotic Drugs / Neuroleptics.
5a. Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics)

Movement Disorders
6a. Anticonvulsants / Epilepsy Drugs
6b. Antiparkinsonian Drugs for Parkinson's Dis. and Extrapyramidal Side Effects of Antipsychotics.
6c. Drugs for other Movements disorders -- Tourette's Synd; Chorea; Tics, Spasms etc..

Other CNS Drugs
7a. Alzheimer's Dis; "smart drugs" etc.
7b. Drugs used to treat addiction and drug withdrawal; Stop Smoking.
7c. Miscellaneous: MS; Meniere's...
7d. Weight Loss and Diet Pills

Drugs with some usefulness in CNS / Pain / Psych. Disorders
8a. NSAIDs; Cox-2 Inhibitors; Glucosamine/Chondroitin; (Arthritis Drugs)
8b. Beta-blockers
8c. Calcium Channel Blockers
8d. Anti-Nauseants / Antiemetics


Updates:

August 2002 -- Australian drugs current to Aug 2002; partial addition of new drugs elsewhere) (Australian drugs will be kept current to within ~6 months: Others, as I'm able.)

Links:

[ Please read any introductory or precautionary material on the pages I have linked to. I provide these links in good faith, and cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information on other sites.]
Links are to specific pages of the following:
H = Mental Health.com (Can) Excellent resource. Full monographs on psychotropic drugs.
L = WebMDHealth
M = FocusOnMedications (US) Short summaries.
N = Norfolk Mental Health Care (UK) Discussion of psychotropics by class, rather than specific drugs.
R = Rxlist.com (US) These are full monographs, with extensive lists of foreign brand names.
X = Rxmed (US)
See also: National Institute of Health (US) Search for drug: News and Scientific Articles.


Features of Dictionary

Includes comprehensive list of generic drugs in the classes listed.
Generic Index, and Brand Index to pages. Major Brand names in Australia, USA and UK are given, plus some from other countries. Names from other countries are generally not given if the same Brand names appear in the first three columns.
Links are mainly from the generic drug name.

Caveats

List of Brand names is extensive but not exhaustive.
Minor details such as OTC availability are sometimes generalisations and may be incorrect for any specific State/Province etc.
The dictionary currently links Brand names with generics often without indicating form of drug (tablet, injection, etc. or Immediate/ Slow Release). So Brand X in US correlating with brand Y in UK merely indicate that they are the same generic drug, without suggesting that the pharmacokinetics, etc. are the same. Appendices to Brand names such as SR, CD, often refer to a modified onset of action, extended release etc. compared to the base form. I've flagged some, but not all, of these differences.
Any corrections, suggestions and comments will be gratefully received.


Main References:
MIMS Australia, MediMedia (Aust) P/L; 1997 - 2000, Aug, 2002.
A-Zdex, Meducate (Aust) P/L, 1997; 1999; 2002
British National Formulary, BMA and Pharm Soc GB; No 34. Sept. 1997.
The Johns Hopkins Handbook of Drugs, Ed, Simeon Margolis; 1993
Martindales Pharmacopoea
PDR 1996
"New Drugs of 1996" in Journal of American Pharmaceutical Association. 37:2: April, 97.
"New Drugs of 1997" in J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 38:2: Mar/April, 98.
South African Electronic Package Inserts, 1997 See above

Suggestions, additions, corrections.
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Last Update: August 2002.