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Brain and Nerves
There's a common myth that we only use around 10% of our brain, when in fact it's an organ that's working on overdrive every second of the day. That is of course, until something goes wrong. A problem in your brain is often a serious one, so we've gathered some expert minds and picked their brains to provide you with useful advice.
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- Acoustic Neuroma
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphasia
- Bell's Palsy
- Brain Tumours
- Cerebral Angiography
- Cerebral Palsy
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Concussion
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy and Contraception
- Epilepsy and Planning Pregnancy
- Extradural Haematoma
- Functional Neurological Disorder
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Head Injuries
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Huntington's Disease
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Living with Epilepsy
- Memory Loss and Dementia
- Meralgia Paraesthetica
- Motor Neurone Disease (ALS)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Nerve Conduction Studies
- Neuropathic Pain (Neuralgia)
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Post-concussion Syndrome
- Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS)
- Stammer (Stutter)
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
- Subdural Haematoma
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
- Temporal Lobe Lesions (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Wilson's Disease
Medications
- Acamprosate tablets (Campral EC)
- Adrenaline (epinephrine) for anaphylaxis (Emerade, EpiPen, Jext)
- Agomelatine tablets (Valdoxan)
- Almotriptan for migraine
- Amantadine (Trilasym)
- Amisulpride (Solian)
- Amitriptyline (Elavil)
- Apomorphine for Parkinson's disease (APO-go, Dacepton)
- Aripiprazole (Abilify)
- Aripiprazole long-acting injection (Abilify Maintena)
- Asenapine tablets (Sycrest)
- Atomoxetine for ADHD (Strattera, Atomaid)
- Baclofen for chronic muscle spasm (Lyflex, Lioresal)
- Botulinum toxin type A for migraine (Botox)
- Bromocriptine (Parlodel)
- Buccal midazolam for seizures in children (Buccolam, Epistatus)
- Buprenorphine for pain relief (BuTrans, Temgesic, Transtec)
- Buspirone for anxiety
- Cabergoline tablets (Dostinex, Cabaser)
- Carbamazepine for epilepsy (Curatil, Tegretol)
- Chlordiazepoxide - a benzodiazepine (Librium)
- Chlorpromazine
- Citalopram (Cipramil, Celexa)
- Clobazam for epilepsy (Frisium)
- Clomethiazole
- Clomipramine
- Clonazepam for epilepsy
- Clozapine (Clozaril, Denzapine, Zaponex)
- Co-beneldopa for Parkinson's disease (Madopar)
- Co-careldopa for Parkinson's disease (Sinemet)
- Dantrolene for chronic muscle spasm (Dantrium)
- Dexamfetamine for narcolepsy and ADHD (Amfexa)
- Diazepam - a benzodiazepine (Diazemuls, RecTubes, Stesolid)
- Divalproex sodium (Depakote)
- Donepezil for dementia (Aricept)
- Doxepin capsules
- Duloxetine for mood and nerve disorders (Cymbalta, Depalta, Duciltia)
- Eletriptan for migraine (Relpax)
- Entacapone for Parkinson's disease (Comtess)
- Escitalopram for mood and anxiety disorders (Cipralex)
- Eslicarbazepine for epilepsy (Zebinix)
- Ethosuximide for epilepsy
- Fingolimod capsules (Gilenya)
- Fluoxetine (Olena, Prozac, Prozep)
- Flupentixol long-acting injection (Depixol, Psytixol)
- Flupentixol tablets (Depixol, Fluanxol)
- Fluphenazine long-acting injection (discontinued)
- Fluvoxamine tablets (Faverin)
- Frovatriptan for migraine (Migard, Mylatrip)
- Gabapentin (Neurontin)
- Galantamine (Reminyl)
- Haloperidol (Haldol, Halkid)
- Haloperidol long-acting injection (Haldol Decanoate)
- Hydromorphone for cancer pain (Palladone)
- Imipramine tablets and liquid medicine
- Lacosamide for epilepsy (Vimpat)
- Lamotrigine for epilepsy (Lamictal)
- Levetiracetam for epilepsy (Keppra, Desitrend)
- Levomepromazine tablets (Nozinan)
- Lisdexamfetamine for ADHD (Elvanse)
- Lithium tablets and liquid medicine (Camcolit, Liskonum, Priadel)
- Lofepramine for depression
- Loprazolam for sleeping problems
- Lorazepam - a benzodiazepine
- Lormetazepam tablets
- Lurasidone (Latuda)
- Melatonin tablets for insomnia (Adaflex, Circadin)
- Memantine for dementia (Ebixa, Marixino, Valios)
- Methylphenidate for ADHD (Concerta, Equasym, Medikinet, Ritalin)
- Mianserin for depression
- Midodrine for postural hypotension (Bramox)
- Mirtazapine for depression (Zispin SolTab)
- Moclobemide (Manerix)
- Modafinil tablets (Provigil)
- Morphine for pain relief (MST, Oramorph, Zomorph)
- Naratriptan for migraine (Naramig)
- Neostigmine for myasthenia gravis
- Nimodipine tablets (Nimotop)
- Nitrazepam for sleeping problems (Mogadon)
- Nortriptyline tablets
- Olanzapine (Zalasta, Zyprexa)
- Olanzapine long-acting injection (Zypadhera)
- Orphenadrine
- Oxazepam for anxiety
- Oxcarbazepine for epilepsy (Trileptal)
- Oxycodone for pain relief (OxyContin, OxyNorm)
- Paliperidone (Invega)
- Paliperidone long-acting injection (Xeplion, Trevicta, Byannli)
- Paroxetine (Seroxat)
- Perampanel for epilepsy (Fycompa)
- Pergolide for Parkinson's disease
- Pericyazine
- Phenobarbital for epilepsy
- Phenytoin for epilepsy (Epanutin)
- Piracetam (Nootropil)
- Pizotifen tablets
- Pramipexole tablets (Mirapexin, Oprymea, Pipexus)
- Pregabalin (Alzain, Axalid, Lyrica)
- Primidone for epilepsy
- Prochlorperazine (Buccastem, Stemetil)
- Procyclidine (Kemadrin)
- Pyridostigmine for myasthenia gravis (Mestinon)
- Quetiapine (Seroquel)
- Rasagiline for Parkinson's disease (Azilect)
- Reboxetine tablets (Edronax)
- Rimegepant for migraine headache (Vydura)
- Risperidone (Risperdal)
- Risperidone long-acting injection (Risperdal Consta)
- Rivastigmine (Alzest, Exelon, Prometax)
- Rizatriptan for migraine (Maxalt)
- Ropinirole tablets (Adartrel, Requip)
- Rotigotine patches (Neupro)
- Rufinamide for epilepsy (Inovelon)
- Selegiline for Parkinson's disease (Eldepryl)
- Sertraline (Contulen, Lustral, Zoloft)
- Sodium oxybate (Xyrem)
- Sodium valproate for epilepsy (Epilim, Episenta)
- Sulpiride
- Sumatriptan - for migraine and cluster headaches (Imigran, Migraitan)
- Temazepam
- Tetrabenazine tablets (Xenazine)
- Tiagabine for epilepsy (Gabitril)
- Tizanidine for muscle spasm
- Tolcapone for Parkinson's disease (Tasmar)
- Topiramate for epilepsy (Topamax)
- Topiramate to prevent migraine (Topamax)
- Trazodone (Molipaxin)
- Trihexyphenidyl
- Trimipramine for depression
- Valproate semisodium for bipolar disorder (Belvo, Depakote, Syonell)
- Venlafaxine (Efexor XL, Effexor XR)
- Vigabatrin for epilepsy (Sabril, Kigabeq)
- Vortioxetine for depression (Brintellix)
- Zolmitriptan - for migraine (Zomig)
- Zolpidem tablets (Stilnoct)
- Zonisamide for epilepsy (Zonegran, Desizon)
- Zopiclone tablets (Zimovane)
- Zuclopenthixol (Clopixol)
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