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Please note - this list is not an exhaustive list but includes some of the medications commonly used in the treatment of mental illness. To find out more about a particular medication, please contact your doctor or pharmacist.

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Trade Name
Generic Name
Use of Medication
Ablify Aripiprazole Antipsychotic
Adderrall Amphetamine Salts Pyschostimulant/ADD
Adapin Doxepin Antidepressant
Ambien Zolpidem Hypnotic
Amobarbital Amytal Hypnotic
Antabuse Disulfiram Treatment for Alcoholism
Anafranil Clomipramine Antidepressant
Aripiprazol   Antipsychotic
Aropax Paroxetine Antidepressant
Atarax Hydroxyzine Hypnotic, Antianxiety
Ativan Lorazepam Antianxiety
Aurorix Moclobemide Antidepressant
Aventyl Nortriptyline Antidepressant

 

 

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