Drilldown: Medicines

Artemisia absinthium (1) · Fluoxetine (1)

Prozac (1) · Wormwood, absinthe, la Fée Verte, the Green Muse (1)

Plant Medicine (1) · Rhapsodica (1) · [[:Category:Antidepressants|Antidepressant]] (1) · [[:Category:Anxiolytics|Anxiolytic]] (1) · [[:Category:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)|SSRI]] (1)

Active principle is thujone, a GABA-A antagonist (the opposite of most CNS depressants). Also present in cooking sage (''Salvia officinalis''), tansy, and ''Thuja'' cedars. (1) · TrkB/BDNF'"`UNIQ--ref-00000040-QINU`"' '"`UNIQ--vote-00000041-QINU`"' (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000008-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000009-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000042-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000043-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000044-QINU`"' (1)

10 mg (1) · A measured pour of absinthe diluted 5:1 with cold water over sugar (the louche ritual) (1)

10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg caps (1) · Dried leaves; absinthe liqueur (120–160 proof, with hyssop, lemon balm, fennel, anise, sometimes Acorus calamus) (1)

None (1) · 40 mg/d (1)

Oral (2)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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None (1) · Very long (1)

None (1) · 1–4 days (7–15 days for norfluoxetine) (1)

None (1) · 70–90% (oral) (1)

None (1) · Category C'"`UNIQ--ref-00000045-QINU`"' (1)

None · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US · OTC in US · Rx · Rx-only in US · Rx, Schedule IV (US) · Schedule II · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US. Carries the antidepressant '''Boxed Warning''' for suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults'"`UNIQ--ref-00000028-QINU`"' · Rx-only · [[USLegal:DEA Schedule I|Schedule I]] (United States) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US. Carries the antidepressant '''Boxed Warning''' for suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults'"`UNIQ--ref-00000022-QINU`"' · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US. Carries the antidepressant '''Boxed Warning''' for suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults'"`UNIQ--ref-00000025-QINU`"' · [[USLegal:Schedule IV|Schedule IV controlled substance]] in US. Carries the benzodiazepine class '''Boxed Warning''' for risk of fatal respiratory depression, coma, and death when combined with opioids'"`UNIQ--ref-00000028-QINU`"' · '''[[USLegal:Behind-the-counter|Behind-the-counter]] in US''' under the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act 2005: purchase restricted to ≤3.6 g/day and ≤9 g/30 days, with photo ID, logbook signature, and quantity logging required. Several states schedule higher than federal · '''[[USLegal:Schedule V|Schedule V controlled substance]] in US (federally)''', distinct from gabapentin which remains federally unscheduled'"`UNIQ--ref-00000028-QINU`"' · 5-MeO-DMT is Schedule I in US (since 2011); the toad itself is protected in several southwestern states · Currently legal in most jurisdictions with thujone limits · Investigational · Leaves legal in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia; cocaine internationally controlled · OTC (1% shampoo) and [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] (higher strengths, oral) in US. Oral form carries a '''Boxed Warning''' for hepatotoxicity and is restricted by FDA to refractory fungal infections where no alternatives are available

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