Category: B

An extreme loathing for food.  

The energy cost of maintaining the metabolic integrity of the body, nerve and muscle tone, respiration and circulation. For children it also includes the energy cost of growth. Experimentally, BMR is measured as the heat output from the body, or the rate of oxygen consumption, under strictly standardised conditions, 12-14 hours after the last meal,…

Characterized by instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and control over impulses. Manifestations may include frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment; unstable, intense relationships that alternate between extremes of idealization and devaluation; repetitive self-mutilation or suicide threats; and inappropriate, intense, or uncontrolled anger. Behavior that is closely related to psychosis but that is…

A subgroup of conventional antipsychotic drugs with a similar chemical structure (a piperidine ring with a three-carbon chain to which is attached a carbonyl-fluorobenzene ring). Haloperidol (haldol) is the best-known member of this class and perhaps the most widely used conventional antipsychotic medication. Powerful antipsychotic tranquilizers. Butyrophenones are a group of drugs, including haloperidol, used…

An opioid agonist-antagonist analgesic medication used to treat migraine headaches and pain refractory to other standard treatments. Butorphanol may be habit forming. Marketed Under the brand name Stadol NS; generic formulations are also Available.  

A nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic medication of the azapirone class. Buspirone is believed to exert its anxiolytic effects through partial agonism of 5-ht1a serotonin receptors in the brain. Marketed under the brand name buspar. A tranquilizer; an antianxiety drug. Buspirone (Buspar) is used to treat chronic anxiety and has been used to treat anxiety with depression and…

Brand name for the nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic drug buspirone.  

A stress reaction that develops in persons working in an area of unrelenting occupational demands. Symptoms include impaired work performance, fatigue, insomnia, depression, increased susceptibility to physical illness, and reliance on alcohol or other drugs of abuse for temporary relief. The process of losing interest and motivation in teaching or other occupation. A feeling of…

An atypical antidepressant of the aminoketone class that is believed to increase norepinephrine and possibly dopamine neurotransmission in the brain. Bupropion is approved for the treatment of depression (as brand name wellbutrin) and nicotine addiction (as brand name zyban) and is also used off-label to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An antidepressant medication that is also…

An opioid agonist-antagonist analgesic medication approved for the treatment of opiate abuse. In the united states, a special federal waiver (granted to physicians who meet specified training requirements) is required to prescribe buprenorphine in the outpatient setting for the treatment of opioid addiction. Marketed under the brand name buprenex. An opiate drug used in the…