Analeptic
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An analeptic, in medicine, is a central nervous system stimulant. The term
analeptic typically refers to respiratory analeptics (for example, doxapram).
Analeptics are central nervous system stimulants that include a wide variety
of medications used to treat depression, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), and respiratory depression. Analeptics can also be used as
convulsants, with low doses causing patients to experience heightened
awareness, restlessness and rapid breathing.[1] The primary medical use of
these drugs is as an anesthetic recovery tool or to treat emergency
respiratory depression.[2] Other drugs of this category are prethcamide,
pentylenetetrazole, and nikethamide. Nikethamide is now withdrawn due to risk
of convulsions. Analeptics have recently been used to better understand the
treatment of a barbiturate overdose. Through the use of agents researchers
were able to treat obtundation and respiratory depression.[3] Various
analeptics contain epononymous names. E.g. Etamivan has the tradname of
Analepticon & synephrine is called Analeptin.