Medication Glossary
Medicine:
an academic discipline devoted to the understanding and treatment of disorders of the human body.
MVP:
mitral valve prolapse
Major Tranquilizers :
the antipsychotic drugs such as the phenothiazines.
Mandro:
see Diazepam
Mandro-Zep :
see Diazepam
Manegan:
see Trazodone
Manerix:
see Moclobemide
MAOI :
see Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
Maprotiline:
a Tricyclic Antiddepressant (TCA) medication. Includes brand names such as Ludiomil.
Mareen:
see Doxepin
Margrilan:
see Fluoxetine
Marplan:
see Isocarboxazid
Martimil:
see Nortryptyline
Maveral :
see Fluvoxamine
Medication:
a chemical substance that has a medical affect on the body. There are a wide variety of classes of medications used to treat anxiety disorders; including benzodiazepines, MAOIs, SRIs, SARIs, SSRIs, SNRIs, and TCAs.
Medilium :
see Chlordiazepoxide
Medinal :
see Barbital
Medipramine:
see Imipramine
Melipramine :
see Imipramine
Melode :
see Diazepam
Mentalium :
see Diazepam
Merlit :
see Lorazepam
Meval :
see Diazepam
Miketorin :
see Amitryptiline
Minor Tranquilizers :
an older term used to describe some anti-anxiety drugs such as the benzodiazepines.
Mipralin:
see Imipramine
Mirtazapine:
a medication that stimulates the release of norepinephrine and serotonin and blocks two subtypes of serotonin receptors (5:HT2 and 5:HT3). Also blocks alpha 2 receptors, resulting in increases of release of both serotonin and norepinephrine. Includes brand names such as Remeron.
Mitran:
see Chlordiazepoxide
Mitriptyline:
a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) medication. Includes brand names such as Etrafon, Perphenazine, Triavil.
Moclobemide:
a Reversable Inhibitrol of Monoamine Oxidase A (RIMA). Includes brand names such as Aurorix, Manerix.
Mogadon:
see Nitrazepam
Molipaxin:
see Trazodone
Monoamines:
a class of hormones and/or neurotransmitters that includes the catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine) and the indoleamines (serotonin and melatonin).
Motival :
see Nortryptyline
Multum:
see Chlordiazepoxide
Murelax :
see Oxazepam
Mutabon D :
see Amitryptiline
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOI):
an inhibitor of one of the enzymes that degrades and thereby inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters. MAOIs act irreversibly and nonselectively. Includes medication such as phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypromine (Parnate), and isocarboxazid (Marplan). Phenelzine is perhaps the most commonly prescribed MAOI for anxiety disorders. Generic names for MAOIs include brofaromine , isocarboxazid, moclobemide, pargyline, phenelzine, selegeline, tranylcypromine,. These medications are used much less than previously because the SSRIs, and other agents have been found to be as effective and the MAOIs have been associated with serious side effects. People who use MAOI medications have to adhere to a very strict diet that excludes all foods that contain high concentrations of certain dietary amino acids, such as tyramine, that are ordinarily degraded by monoamine oxidase enzymes.