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.