CLASSIFICATION OF CNS STIMULANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF CNS STIMULANTS

THERAPUTIC CLASSIFICATION
1. DRUGS USED IN ASTHMA
METHYLXANTHINES
2. LOCAL ANESTHETICS
COCAIN
3. ATTENTION DEFECIT SYNDROME
AMPHETAMINE ,METHAMPHETAMINE,DEXAMPHETAMINE
4. DRUGS IN NARCOLEPSY
METHYLPHENHDATE
5.IN BARBITURATE POISONING
NIKTHAMIDE ,DOXAPRAM,BEMEGRIDE
6.NEONATAL APNOEA
METHYLPHENIDATE
7.OBESITY
PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE





























ACCORDING TO SITE OF ACTION




1.CEREBRAL CORTEX STIMULANTS
i) XANTHINES  
       Caffine, Theophyllin, Theobromine

ii) SYMPATHOMIMETICS
      Amphetamine, Dextroamphetamine, Methamphetamine, Methylphenedate
iii) OTHERS
      Atropine. Cocain
2.MEDULLARY STIMULANTS
i) DIRECTLY ACTING ON MEDULLARY CENTRE
     Leptazol, Nikethamide, Ethamivan, Doxapran, Picrotoxin. AMIPHENAZOLE
ii) ACTING REFLEXLY THROUGH CHEMORECEPTORS 
     NIKETHAMIDE, BEMIGRIDE
3.SPINALCORD STIMULANTS
     STRYCHNINE,BRUCINE
ACCORDING TO MODE OF ACTION
1. PSYCHOMOTOR STIMULANTS

i) Amphetamines: Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, dextramphetamine

ii) Xanthines: Theophylline, Theobromine

iii) Others: Armodafinil, Atomoxetine, Caffeine, Cocaine, , Methylphenidate, Nicotine.

2. HALLUCINOGENS
Lysergic acid diethylamide, Phencyclidine, Tetr