Monoamine Depleting Agent

1 Drug classified under this drug class

Monoamine Depleting Agent. Tetrabenazine 25 mg.
TABS: 112. Organic movt. disords:
Initial: 25 mg 3 x dly. Can incr. by 25 mg
dly every 3-4 days until 200 mg dly or
limit of tolerance reached. Tardive
dyskinesia: Initial: 12.5 mg dly.
Subsequent titrate accord. response.
Elderly: Standard dose. Child: No
dosage recommends. made but has
been used without ill effect. Max: 200
mg dly.
Movt. disords. assoc. with organ. CNS
conds., e.g. Huntington’s chorea,
hemiballismus, senile chorea., modsevere
tardive dyskinesia.
C/I: Lact.