Central nervous system agents
Central nervous system agents are drugs that affect the central nervous system i.e. the brain and the spinal cord, and produce a response that could be used to alleviate or treat a particular medical condition.
Central nervous system agents can be used as analgesics, anesthetics, anti-emetics, anti-convulsants, and have many more therapeutic uses.
Please refer to the drug classes listed below for further information.
- analgesics
- anorexiants
- anticonvulsants
- AMPA receptor antagonists
- barbiturate anticonvulsants
- benzodiazepine anticonvulsants
- carbamate anticonvulsants
- carbonic anhydrase inhibitor anticonvulsants
- dibenzazepine anticonvulsants
- fatty acid derivative anticonvulsants
- gamma-aminobutyric acid analogs
- gamma-aminobutyric acid reuptake inhibitors
- hydantoin anticonvulsants
- miscellaneous anticonvulsants
- neuronal potassium channel openers
- oxazolidinedione anticonvulsants
- pyrrolidine anticonvulsants
- succinimide anticonvulsants
- triazine anticonvulsants
- antiemetic/antivertigo agents
- antiparkinson agents
- anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics
- cholinergic agonists
- cholinesterase inhibitors
- CNS stimulants
- drugs used in alcohol dependence
- general anesthetics
- miscellaneous central nervous system agents
- muscle relaxants
