amisulpride (Solian, Deniban, Barhemsys)

Indications

• postoperative nausea & vomiting (Barhemsys)
• schizophrenia
• acute psychosis

Dosage

• 2 ML Amisulpride 2.5 MG/ML Injection (nausea/vomiting)
• oral or IM at higher doses for schizophrenia or acute psychosis Adverse effecs:
• hyperprolactinemia
• tardive dyskinesia (relatively low risk)

Mechanism of action

• presumptive dopamine D2 receptor antagonist

More general terms

• anti-emetic
• atypical antipsychotic agent; second generation antipsychotic

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=2159