Central Nervous System Pharmacology — Flashcards

Flashcard 201: Drug of choice for drug induced parkinsonism?

Answer: Anticholinergics

Flashcard 202: _______ is the drug of choice for myoclonic seizures.

Answer: Sodium valproate

Flashcard 203: Drug of choice for Huntington's chorea is

Answer: Tetrabenazine

Extra: VMAT2 inhibitors (Tetrabenazine, Deutetrabenazine) are the current drugs of choice for managing chorea in Huntington's disease. Haloperidol (a D2 receptor antagonist) is an alternative and was traditionally considered the DOC, particularly when psychiatric symptoms are co-present.

Flashcard 204: Drug of choice for treatment of akathisia is:-

Answer: Propranolol

Flashcard 205: _______ is the drug of choice for status epilepticus.

Answer: Lorazepam

Flashcard 206: Drug of choice for Trigeminal neuralgia is:

Answer: Carbamazepine

Flashcard 207: Drug of choice for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis is:

Answer: Interferon beta-1a

Flashcard 208: Drug of choice in drug induced parkinsonism is:

Answer: Anticholinergics

Flashcard 209: Drug of choice in acute severe migraine is:

Answer: Sumatriptan

Flashcard 210: Drug of choice in treatment of focal complex seizures

Answer: Carbamazepine