Drugs acting on Nervous System.

Drugs acting on Nervous System.

  • Nervous System is devided into two main branches 



  1. Central Nervous System 

  2. Peripheral Nervous System.



  • Central Nervous System is further devided into,

  • Brain and Spinal Cord.

  • Peripheral Nervous System is further devided into,

  • Autonomous Nervous System and Somatic Nervous System.

  • The drugs acting on CNS are listed below, we will be seeing those drugs in detail in next notes.



  1. General Anesthetics.

  2. Analgesics (Narcotic Analgesics)

  3. Non-narcotic Analgesics. (NSAIDs).

  4. Hypnotic and Sedatives.

  5. Anti epileptics.

  6. Anti Parkinson's.

  7. Antipsychotics.

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