Tranquilizer

Tranquilizer

1. Major Tranquilizer/ Antipsychotic drugs/  Neuroleptic drug

2. Minor Tranquilizer/ antianxiety drugs

1. Antipsychotic drugs

Classification of Antipsychotic drugs

1. Classical/ Typical neuroleptic

a. Phenothiazines

Chlorpromazine

Triflupromazine

Thioridazine

Mesoridazine

Trifluoperozine

Fluphenozine

b. Butyrophenones

Haloperidol

Droperidol

Trifluperidol

Penfluridol

c. Thioxanthenes

Thiothixene

Chlorprothixene

Flupenthixol

2. Atypical neuroleptic drugs

Clozapine

Olanzapine

Risperidon

Ziprasidone

Quetiapine

Zotepine

3. Miscellaneous drug

Reserpine

Loxapine

Pimozide

2. Minor Tranquilizer/ antianxiety/ anxiolytic drug

Classification of antianxiety drug

1. Benzodiazepines (BDZ)

a. Long- acting (24-48 hrs)

Diazepam

Clonazepam

Flurazepam

Chlorazepate

Chlordiazepoxide

b. Short-acting (12- 24 hrs)

Lorazepam

Oxazepam

Alprazolam

Nitrazepam 

Halazepam 

Temazepam

c. Ultra short acting

Midazolam

Triazolam 

2. 5-HT agonist - antagonists

Buspirone

Gepirone

Ipsapirone

3. Beta-blockers

Propranolol