Psychiatric medication

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Psychiatric medication A to Z

The list below contains the names of the psychiatric drugs currently licensed for use in the UK. The drugs in the list have links to more information.

Some individual drugs may appear in the list more than once, under several different names. See our page about drug names for more information.

If the drug you are looking for is not listed here, it may not be available in the UK.

We also have general information about the four main types of psychiatric medication:

• Antidepressants
• Antipsychotics
• Sleeping pills and minor tranquillisers
• Lithium and other mood stabilisers

A

• Abilify (see aripiprazole)
• Abilify Maintena (depot: see aripiprazole)
• agomelatine
• Alaquet (see quetiapine)
• Allegron (see nortriptyline)
• alprazolam
• Alventa XL (see venlafaxine)
• Alzain (see pregabalin)
• amisulpride
• amitriptyline
• Amphero XL (see venlafaxine)
• Anquil (see benperidol)
• aripiprazole
• Arpoya (see aripiprazole)
• asenapine
• Ativan (see lorazepam)
• Atrolak (see quetiapine)
• Axalid (see pregabalin)

B

• benperidol
• Biquelle (see quetiapine)
• Brancico (see quetiapine)
• Brintellix (see vortioxetine)
• buspirone

C

• Camcolit (see lithium)
• Carbagen (see carbamazepine)
• carbamazepine
• cariprazine
• Chloractil (see chlorpromazine)
• chloral hydrate
• chlordiazepoxide
• chlorpromazine
• cloral betaine
• Cipralex (see escitalopram)
• Cipramil (see citalopram)
• Circadin (see melatonin)
• citalopram
• clomethiazole (sometimes spelled chlormethiazole)
• clomipramine
• Clopixol (see zuclopenthixol)
• Clopixol Acuphase (see zuclopenthixol)
• Clopixol Concentrate (depot: see zuclopenthixol)
• clozapine
• Clozaril (see clozapine)
• Cymbalta (see duloxetine)

D

• Denzapine (see clozapine)
• Depakote (see valproate)
• Depefex XL (see venlafaxine)
• Depixol (see flupentixol)
• Diazemuls (see diazepam)
• diazepam
• Diazepam RecTubes (see diazepam)
• diphenhydramine
• Dolmatil (see sulpiride)
• Dormagen (see lormetazepam)
• dosulepin
• doxepin
• duloxetine

E

• Ebesque (see quetiapine)
• Edronax (see reboxetine)
• Efexor XL (see venlafaxine)
• Epilim (see valproate)
• escitalopram

F

• Faverin (see fluvoxamine)
• Fluanxol (see flupentixol)
• fluoxetine
• flupentixol
• flupentixol decanoate (depot)
• fluphenazine decanoate (depot)
• fluvoxamine
• Foraven XL (see venlafaxine)

H

• Haldol (see haloperidol)
• Haldol decanoate (depot: see haloperidol)
• Halkid (see haloperidol)
• haloperidol
• haloperidol decanoate (depot)
• Heminevrin (clomethiazole)

I

• imipramine
• Invega (see paliperidone)
• isocarboxazid

L

• Lamictal (see lamotrigine)
• lamotrigine
• Largactil (see chlorpromazine)
• Latuda (see lurasidone)
• Lecaent (pregabalin)
• levomepromazine
• Li-liquid (see lithium)
• Librium (chlordiazepoxide)
• Liskonum (see lithium)
• lithium carbonate
• lithium citrate
• lofepramine
• Lomont (see lofepramine)
• loprazolam
• lorazepam
• lormetazepam
• lurasidone
• Lustral (see sertraline) 
• Lyrica (see pregabalin)

M

• Majoven XL (see venlafaxine)
• Manerix (see moclobemide)
• melatonin
• mianserin
• Mintreleg (see quetiapine)
• mirtazapine
• moclobemide
• Modecate (depot: see fluphenazine)
• Mogadon (see nitrazepam)
• Molipaxin (see trazodone)

N

• Nardil (see phenelzine)
• Neulactil (see pericyazine)
• nitrazepam
• nortriptyline
• Nozinan (see levomepromazine)

O

• olanzapine
• olanzapine pamoate monohydrate (depot)
• Olena (see fluoxetine)
• Orap (see pimozide)
• Oxactin (see fluoxetine)
• oxazepam

P

• paliperidone
• paliperidone palmitate (depot)
• Parnate (see tranylcypromine)
• paroxetine
• pericyazine
• phenelzine
• Phenergan (promethazine)
• pimozide
• Politid XL (see venlafaxine)
• pregabalin
• Priadel (see lithium)
• prochlorperazine
• promazine
• promethazine
• Prothiaden (see dosulepin)
• Prozac (see fluoxetine)
• Prozep (see fluoxetine)
• Psytoxil (depot: see flupentixol)

Q

• quetiapine

R

• Reagila (see cariprazine)
• reboxetine
• Risperdal (see risperidone)
• Risperdal Consta (depot: see risperidone)
• risperidone

S

• Seroquel (see quetiapine)
• Seroxat (see paroxetine)
• sertraline
• Sinepin (see doxepin)
• Slenyto (see melatonin)
• Solian (see amisulpride)
• Sominex (see promethazine)
• Stelazine (see trifluoperazine)
• Stemetil (see prochlorperazine)
• Stesolid (see diazepam)
• Stilnoct (see zolpidem)
• sulpiride
• Sulpor (see sulpiride)
• Sunveniz XL (see venlafaxine)
• Surmontil (see trimipramine)
• Sycrest (see asenapine)
• Syncrodin (see melatonin)

T

• Tegretol (see carbamazepine)
• temazepam
• Tenprolide (see quetiapine)
• Tensium (diazepam)
• tranylcypromine
• trazodone
• Trevicta (see paliperidone)
• trifluoperazine
• trimipramine
• Tropium (see chlordiazepoxide)

V

• Valdoxan (see agomelatine)
• valproate
• Venaxx XL (see venlafaxine)
• Venlablue XL (see venlafaxine)
• Venladex XL (see venlafaxine)
• venlafaxine
• Venlalic XL (see venlafaxine)
• Venlasoz XL (see venlafaxine)
• Vensir XL (see venlafaxine)
• Venzip XL (see venlafaxine)
• ViePax (see venlafaxine)
• vortioxetine

W

• Welldorm (chloral)

X

• Xanax (alprazolam)
• Xeplion (depot; see paliperidone)

Z

• Zalasta (see olanzapine)
• Zaluron (see quetiapine)
• Zaponex (see clozapine)
• Zimovane (zopiclone)
• Zispin (see mirtazapine)
• zolpidem
• zopiclone
• zuclopenthixol
• zuclopenthixol decanoate (depot)
• zuclopenthixol dihydrochloride
• ZypAdhera (depot: see olanzapine)
• Zyprexa (see olanzapine)

This information was published in March 2021. We will revise it in 2024.

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