Featured Conditions and Diseases
ADD, or attention deficit disorder, is a condition that develops in childhood in which people can't stay focused on a task, sit still, or act without thinking. This eMedTV article offers in-depth information on ADD and links to other ADD topics.
The exact cause of adult ADD is unknown, but most scientists agree that it's a biologically-based disorder of the nervous system. This eMedTV article describes the three types of adult ADD in detail: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined.
People suffering from manic depression experience radical shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function. This eMedTV resource discusses the cycles associated with the condition, including symptoms of manic episodes and depression episodes.
People with PDD tend to have delayed development with regards to socialization and communication skills. This eMedTV article discusses PDD in detail, including the different types, symptoms, and techniques that can improve a person's outcome.
Featured Medications
Alprazolam is a prescription medication that is used for treating panic disorder and anxiety. This eMedTV resource offers a more in-depth look at alprazolam and its effects, dosage guidelines, and general precautions and warnings.
Amoxapine is a prescription drug that is used for the treatment of depression in adults. This eMedTV Web page offers a more in-depth look at how amoxapine works and describes its possible side effects and general dosing information.
Amphetamine-Dextroamphetamine Extended Release
Amphetamine-dextroamphetamine extended release is a prescription medication that is used to treat ADHD. This eMedTV article offers an overview of this drug, including information on its effects, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
Bergamot oil may have several health benefits, such as treating skin conditions, depression, and anxiety. This eMedTV article describes other uses of bergamot oil and offers information on possible side effects and safety concerns associated with it.
Budeprion SR is a prescription medicine approved for the treatment of depression. This portion of the eMedTV library explains how Budeprion SR works, describes some of its potential side effects, and offers some information on taking the medicine.
Buproban is often prescribed to help people successfully quit smoking. This eMedTV article provides a detailed look at the drug, including an explanation of how it works, dosing information and strengths, possible side effects, and more.
Bupropion is a prescription medicine approved for the treatment of depression. This portion of the eMedTV library provides detailed information about bupropion dosing guidelines, strengths, and possible side effects.
Bupropion SR is a prescription medicine used to treat depression and help people quit smoking. This eMedTV article explains how bupropion SR works, highlights its potential side effects, and offers tips on when and how to take the medication.
Bupropion XL is a prescription medicine that treats depression and seasonal affective disorder in adults. This eMedTV page explains how the drug works to affect certain brain chemicals, outlines potential side effects of the medicine, and more.
Buspirone is a medicine that is prescribed for the treatment of anxiety. This part of the eMedTV library describes buspirone in more detail, explains how it works to reduce symptoms of anxiety, and offers general dosing information for the drug.
Campral is a prescription medicine that is approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence. This eMedTV article offers an overview of Campral, including information on how it works, tips on when and how to take the drug, and possible side effects.
Chlordiazepoxide and Amitriptyline
Chlordiazepoxide and amitriptyline is a drug that is prescribed to treat depression associated with anxiety. This eMedTV Web page explains how the combination medicine works, offers general dosing information, and describes the effects of the drug.
Citalopram is a drug that is used for the treatment of depression in adults. This eMedTV page explains how citalopram works to reduce depression symptoms, describes the effects of the drug, and lists possible side effects to look out for.
Clozaril is a prescription drug approved to help manage symptoms of schizophrenia. This eMedTV article provides a detailed overview of the drug, including information on how it works, tips on taking the medication, and potential side effects.
Desvenlafaxine is a prescription medication used for treating depression. This eMedTV Web page describes desvenlafaxine in more detail, including information on its uses, effects, dosing information, and potential side effects.
Desyrel is a medication that is commonly prescribed to treat depression in adults. This section of the eMedTV Web site explains how the drug works and briefly covers its dosing information and possible side effects.
Dexmethylphenidate is a prescription medication used for the treatment of ADHD. This eMedTV resource explains how dexmethylphenidate works and when and how to take it, and also covers dexmethylphenidate strengths, dosing tips, and overdose symptoms.
Dexmethylphenidate Extended Release
Dexmethylphenidate extended-release is a prescription medicine that is approved to treat the symptoms of ADHD. This eMedTV resource explains how the medication works, lists some potential side effects, and gives tips on when and how to take the drug.
Docosahexaenoic acid is an omega-3 fatty acid that can help with fetal and infant development. This eMedTV segment explores other benefits of docosahexaenoic acid, describes how it works, and explains what you should know before taking the supplement.
Elavil is a prescription drug used for treating depression. This eMedTV Web page covers how Elavil works, when and how to take it, conditions to let your doctor know about before you start taking it, and the medicine's potential side effects.
Ginseng is an herbal supplement often used to enhance memory and mental function. This page on the eMedTV Web site discusses some of the benefits of ginseng, explains how it works, and explores the safety and effectiveness of these products.
Glutamine is a non-essential amino acid that is sometimes used in dietary supplements. This eMedTV segment covers some of the possible benefits of glutamine, discusses its effectiveness, and explores the safety of glutamine supplementation.
Haloperidol is a prescription medication that is used to treat psychotic disorders and behavior problems. This eMedTV resource offers an overview of haloperidol, including information on its uses, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
The antidepressant imipramine comes in two forms -- imipramine hydrochloride and imipramine pamoate. This eMedTV article discusses the differences between the two imipramine products and explains what the drugs are used for.
Inositol is a dietary supplement used to treat a variety of different conditions. This eMedTV Web page explores various inositol uses, discusses the safety and effectiveness of the supplement, and describes potential side effects that may occur.
Kava is an herbal supplement that is often used for treating anxiety, stress, and other conditions. This eMedTV page further explains what kava is used for, explores the effectiveness of the supplement, and lists possible side effects that may occur.
L-tryptophan is an amino acid that is used for various conditions, such as depression and PMS. This eMedTV article further explains what L-tryptophan is used for, explores its effectiveness, and describes the serious safety concerns of the supplement.
A healthcare provider may prescribe Librium to treat anxiety or alcohol withdrawal. This selection from the eMedTV Web site offers an in-depth look at Librium, including information on its uses, side effects, dosing guidelines, and more.
Lisdexamfetamine, which is only available by prescription, is used to treat ADHD in children and adults. This eMedTV page takes a look at lisdexamfetamine, providing information on how it works, potential side effects, and general dosing information.
Lorazepam is a drug that is licensed to treat anxiety. This selection from the eMedTV library offers an in-depth look at lorazepam, including information on its uses, possible side effects, dosing guidelines, and more.
Loxapine, a prescription antipsychotic medication, is used to treat schizophrenia. This selection from the eMedTV archives offers an overview of the drug, including in-depth information on its uses, dosing guidelines, possible side effects, and more.
Maprotiline is a prescription medicine that is licensed for treating depression. This eMedTV Web page discusses maprotiline uses in more detail, explains how the medication works, and describes possible side effects that may occur.
Marplan is a medication that is prescribed to treat depression when other antidepressants have failed. This eMedTV page explains why doctors hesitate to prescribe Marplan and provides information about how the drug works and its possible side effects.
Mellaril is a prescription medicine that is licensed for the treatment of schizophrenia. This eMedTV Web page further describes Mellaril, noting in particular its effects, dosing information, strengths, and potential side effects.
Methamphetamine is a medication that may be used to treat ADHD and obesity. This eMedTV Web page features an overview of methamphetamine, including a discussion of how the prescription drug works and a list of some of its more common side effects.
The methylphenidate patch, which is only available by prescription, is used to treat ADHD in children. This eMedTV Web page explains how the methylphenidate patch works, describes its effects, and lists possible side effects it may cause.
Mirtazapine is a medicine approved for the treatment of depression. This portion of the eMedTV library explains how the drug works, describes some of its potential side effects, and offers information for those taking the medication.
Molindone is a prescription drug that is licensed for treating symptoms of schizophrenia. This eMedTV Web page offers a more in-depth look at molindone, providing information on how it works, dosing guidelines, potential side effects, and more.
Norpramin is a prescription medicine that is used for treating depression. This eMedTV resource explains how Norpramin works, provides general dosing information, and lists side effects that can potentially occur.
Oxazepam is a prescription drug that may be prescribed to treat anxiety or alcohol withdrawal. This part of the eMedTV site discusses how oxazepam works, as well as its possible side effects, available strengths, and general precautions and warnings.
Paliperidone is a prescription drug that is licensed for treating schizophrenia. This eMedTV Web page further explores the effects of paliperidone, offers general dosing information for the drug, and lists possible side effects that may occur.
Perphenazine is a prescription medicine that is used to treat schizophrenia and severe nausea and vomiting. This eMedTV resource takes an in-depth look at the drug, including information on its uses, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
Phenelzine is an older medication commonly used to treat depression. This segment of the eMedTV archives describes the drug in more detail and offers information on how it works, potential side effects that may occur, and dosing information.
As an essential amino acid, phenylalanine is vital to the formation of proteins. This eMedTV page describes phenylalanine supplements in more detail, explaining the conditions they may help treat, dosing information, possible side effects, and more.
Prolixin is a prescribed medication approved for treating psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. This eMedTV article explains how the drug works by affecting a certain brain chemical and discusses dosing guidelines and potential side effects.
Quetiapine XR is a drug that is approved to control the symptoms of schizophrenia. This eMedTV page examines quetiapine XR in more detail, explaining how it works, listing possible side effects, and offering tips on when and how to take the medicine.
Saffron is claimed to have several medicinal benefits, such as treating depression and high cholesterol. This eMedTV page offers an overview of saffron, including how it may treat several health conditions, possible side effects, and safety concerns.
SAM-e is a dietary supplement often used for treating arthritis, depression, and intrahepatic cholestasis. This eMedTV resource explores the other benefits of SAM-e, explains how to take the supplement safely, and lists possible side effects.
The selegiline transdermal patch is a prescription drug used to treat depression in adults. This eMedTV resource describes the medication in more detail and offers information on how it works, potential side effects, and dosing guidelines.
Serzone is a prescription drug that is used for treating depression. This page from the eMedTV library explains how Serzone works and offers more details on its effects, dosing information, and possible side effects.
Surmontil is a prescription drug that is used for the treatment of depression in adults. This eMedTV page offers dosing information for Surmontil, explains how the drug works, and lists side effects that may occur during treatment with Surmontil.
Theanine is an amino acid found in tea that is also used in dietary supplements. This segment from the eMedTV Web site explores how theanine supplements may work and offers more information on their uses, potential effects, and effectiveness.
Thiothixene is a drug that is approved to control the symptoms of schizophrenia. This eMedTV resource takes an in-depth look at this drug and its effects, and also offers information on its dosing guidelines and possible side effects.
Thorazine is a drug used to treat nausea and vomiting, schizophrenia, and tetanus, among other things. This eMedTV page describes other uses of this prescription medicine, offers tips on when and how to take it, and lists some if its side effects.
If you suffer from depression, your doctor may prescribe Tofranil PM, a drug used to treat adult depression. This eMedTV Web page offers a more in-depth look at Tofranil PM and its uses, dosing information, and possible side effects.
Tranylcypromine is a prescription medicine that is used for treating depression. This part of the eMedTV archives describes tranylcypromine in more detail and lists possible side effects that may occur with the medication.
Tyrosine is a naturally occurring amino acid that is also available in supplement form. This eMedTV segment provides a detailed overview of tyrosine, including information on its safety and effectiveness, possible side effects, and more.
Varenicline is a prescription medicine that is licensed to help people stop smoking. This article from the eMedTV archives explains how varenicline works, offers general dosing information, and describes the effects of the medication.
Vivactil is a prescription drug that is licensed to treat depression in adults. This page on the eMedTV site describes the drug in more detail, including an explanation of how the antidepressant works and a list of side effects that are possible.
Xanax XR is a prescription medicine that is approved for treating panic disorder. This eMedTV article offers an overview of this anxiety medication, explaining how Xanax XR works, its potential side effects, and tips on when and how to take the drug.
Featured Other
As with many drugs, alcohol can be abused, which may lead to a dependence on alcohol (alcoholism). This eMedTV page discusses the difference between alcohol use and abuse. This page also covers signs of alcohol abuse and lists some treatment options.
