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Medication Causes of Nightmares

Aka: Medication Causes of Nightmares, Nightmares Due to Medications

Altered CNS Neurotransmitters
1. Antidepressant Medications
2. Centrally acting Antihypertensive Medications
  1. Beta Blockers
  2. Rauwolfia alkaloids
  3. Alpha Adrenergic Agonists (e.g. Clonidine)
3. Antiparkinsonian Medications
  1. Levodopa
  2. Selegiline
Chemical Dependency: Drug Withdrawal
1. Alcohol Abuse with withdrawal
2. Barbiturate Abuse with withdrawal
3. Benzodiazepine Abuse with withdrawal
Miscellaneous medications
1. Flutamide
2. Procarbazine
3. Ketamine
4. Short-acting Barbiturates
References
1. Pagel (2000) Am Fam Physician 61(7):2037-42

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