Managing Psychotropic Drugs with Efavirenz

Psychotropic drugs

The interaction between the cognitive component (the perception of nociceptive, or painful stimuli) and the affective component of pain is reflected in the overlap between the actions of anti-nociceptive agents (analgesics) and mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) when treating pain patients. Anxiety, depression, fear and sleeplessness may all respond to psychotropic drugs, and this may result i...

[Psychotropic drugs].

The interaction between the cognitive component (the perception of nociceptive, or painful stimuli) and the affective component of pain is reflected in the overlap between the actions of anti-nociceptive agents (analgesics) and mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) when treating pain patients. Anxiety, depression, fear and sleeplessness may all respond to psychotropic drugs, and this may result i...

Psychotropic drugs.

Introduction Of the many patients with psychological illness or disorders in which emotional factors are important, a large proportion are given psychotropic drugs. Many improve because of this treatment and some despite it. The potent agents now available are liable to produce side-effects or toxic effects which have to be set against the potential benefits conferred by these drugs. If drug tr...

Cardiac adverse reactions associated with psychotropic drugs

A 10-year cohort study found a 1.33-fold relative risk of death in a schizophrenic population compared with a control population; the leading cause of death was cardiovascular disease. In patients with myocardial infarction and cardiac failure, reduced heart rate variability is one of the predictive factors of increased risk of cardiac death; this reduced heart rate variability might be due to ...

Non-Antibiotics: Psychotropic Drugs