Monoamine oxidase inhibitor

• Introduction Fluorouracil (or 5-FU) is an antineoplastic/cytotoxic (anti-cancer) chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of many type of cancers – The main one being bowel, or colorectal, cancer. As 5-FU has cured many people worldwide of bowel cancer, there are some side-effects that can affect the patient. This particular type of chemotherapy drug comes in several different forms to suit all stages of life who are affected with different types of cancer. (chemocare.com, 2015) • How Cancer…

Many people, at some point in their lives, may feel depressed, lonely, or just sad. “Approximately 25 million Americans will have an episode of depression this year alone” (Duckworth). Some people can not get through the sadness alone; they need help from a medication. The reason these antidepressants are needed is due to a chemical imbalance of the brain. Antidepressants can alter the chemical balance of the brain and have many negative side effects when taking one. The main reason that…

anxiolytics. When medications are prescribed for generalized anxiety disorder or related conditions they fall into a specific classification of medications such as serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), Benzodiazepines, Beta blockers and Tricyclic Antidepressants. Some well-known brands used to treat GAD include but are not limited to Klonopin, Valium, Elavil, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro,…

Hot flashes, or vasomotor symptoms (VMS), are the most common symptom of perimenopause.1 During the menopausal transition, women experience fluctuations in sex hormones produced by the ovaries including estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. While the exact pathophysiology of hot flashes is still unclear, the proposed mechanism is decreased levels of neurotransmitters in the thermoregulatory center of the hypothalamus. Estrogen withdrawal induces production of hypothalamic norepinephrine and…

All people are different when it comes to their experience with addiction and mental illness. Some begin to experience mental health issues during childhood or adolescence and experiment with drugs and alcohol soon after, developing both an addiction problem and a serious mental illness at the same time. Others may seek out drugs and alcohol in an attempt to “self-medicate” a mental health issue that develops in early adulthood or that develops out of an injury or trauma later in life. Still…

Depression, formally known as melancholia, has been around since the seventeenth century. For as long as patients have been diagnosed with depression, it has been a genuine dispute. The nine types of this disease include: major, bipolar, persistent, seasonal, psychotic, postpartum, premenstrual, situational, and atypical depression. Depression is a very common disease that affects several people throughout our world today. Sometimes it is hard to decipher if someone is depressed. The person…

Mental health disorders range in a broad spectrum, they can completely institutionalize an individual or alter minor personality characteristics that the public would not notice. Mental health disorders can alter a person’s mood, thoughts, or behavior which can lead the individual besieged when it involves daily life activities. Individuals who suffer from a mental health disorder often experience difficulties in their ability to be employed, difficulty intermingling with family and friends, and…

interpretation of treatment focuses on the chemical problems in the brain. The medication helps deregulate and balance the brain. Four different groups of antidepressant medication commonly used are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and lithium. When put on medication there is usually a three to six week delay before the client begins to feel improvement. Before the client takes any medication, the client must be informed of the process and side…

The top indicators that a person may be suffering from social phobia are anxious reactivity social situations, the avoidance of social situations plagued by fear from embarrassment, and disruptions of social functioning (Stravynski, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to explore the history of social phobia, identify the casual factors related to this disorder, and the diagnostic features of this disorder. This paper will also probe into how this disorder causes distress or impairment in a…

An atypical antipsychotic that is used for the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder that will be discussed is quetiapine (trade name Seroquel). Clinical trials studying the mechanism which quetiapine acts on iontropic glutamate receptors in comparison to haloperidol a convention antipsychotic and clozapine which is also an atypical antipsychotic show significant differences in their effects on NMDA, glutamatergic, and AMPA receptors elucidating possible…