Psychiatric Drugs

Classes of psychiatric medications:

• Mood stabilizers

  • Lithium

  • Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers

    • Lamotrigine

    • Carbamazepine

    • Valproate

• Antidepressants

  • SSRIs

    • Escitalopram

    • Sertraline

  • SNRIs

  • NRIs

    • Buproprion

  • TCA

  • MAOI

    • Phenelzine

  • 5-HT2 blockers

  • a2-adrenergic blockers

• Antipsychotics

  • First generation

    • High-potency

      • Haloperidone

      • Fluphenazine

      • Chlorpromazine

    • Low-potency

  • Second generation

    • Aripripazole

    • Quetiapine

    • Risperidone

    • Paliperidone

    • Olanzapine

• Anticonvulsants

  • Levetiracetam

  • Topiramate

  • Valproate

• Lamotrigine and Valproate

  • Both are known to cause a spectrum of mucocutaneous rashes ranging in severity from a mild maculopapular rash to Stevens-Johns Syndrome (SJS) to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN).

• Lithium

  • Teratogen that can cause birth defects if given during the first trimester, notably Ebstein's anomaly