THE MERCK VETERINARY MANUAL
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Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Nervous System

Overview of Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Nervous System
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Drugs used to treat the nervous system fall into several categories: anticonvulsants, tranquilizers, sedatives, analgesics, and psychotropic agents. Also see Nervous System Introduction: Principles of Therapy of Neurologic Disease and see Pain Assessment and Management: Analgesic Pharmacology and see Behavioral Medicine Introduction: Principles of Pharmacologic Treatment for Behavioral Problems.

Last full review/revision March 2012 by Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM-Neurology
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