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OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
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| Acamprosate | | For the maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence who are abstinent at treatment initiation |
| Ambenonium | | Ambenonium is used to treat muscle weakness due to muscle disease (myasthenia gravis). |
| Bethanechol | | For the treatment of acute postoperative and postpartum nonobstructive (functional) urinary retention and for neurogenic atony of the urinary bladder with retention. |
| Buprenorphine | | For the treatment of moderate to severe pain, peri-operative analgesia, and opioid dependence. |
| Bupropion | | For the treatment of depression and as aid to Smoking cessation. |
| Choline | | |
| Cinnarizine | | For the treatment of vertigo/meniere's disease, nausea and vomiting, motion sickness and also useful for vestibular symptoms of other origins. |
| Disulfiram | | For the treatment and management of chronic alcoholism |
| Methadone | | For the treatment of dry cough, drug withdrawal syndrome, opioid type drug dependence, pain |
| Naltrexone | | For treatment of opioid type drug dependence. |
| Nicotine | | For the relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms and as an aid to smoking |
| Pilocarpine | | For the treatment of radiation-induced dry mouth (xerostomia) and symptoms of dry mouth in patients with Sjö grens syndrome |
| Pyridostigmine | | For the treatment of myasthenia gravis |
| Riluzole | | For the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease) |
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