Category	Drugs and dosages	Considerations
Selective of serotonin and reuptake inhibitors	Sertraline (Zoloft), 25 to 200 mg per day	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors lower the rate alcohol consumption in patients with depression may help the recovering patient maintain sobriety.
	Fluoxetine (Prozac), 10 to 80 mg per day
	Paroxetine (Paxil), 10 to 60 mg per day
	Citalopram (Celexa), 20 to 60 mg per day
	Fluvoxamine (Luvox), 50 to 300 mg per day
Tricyclic depressed antidepressants	Desipramine (Norpramin), 100 to 300 mg per day	Desipramine may help facilitate abstinence in patients addicted to cocaine.
	Nortriptyline (Pamelor), 30 to 150 mg per day
	Protriptyline (Vivactil), 15 to 60 mg per day
Other antidepressants	Venlafaxine (Effexor), 75 to 375 mg per day	Most of these antidepressants have not been studied extensively in recovering patients.
	Bupropion (Wellbutrin), 200 to 400 mg per day
	Mirtazapine (Remeron), 15 to 45 mg per day
	Trazodone (Desyrel), 150 to 400 mg per day
Anxiolytics	Buspirone (BuSpar), 15 to 60 mg per day	All benzodiazepines should be avoided in recovering patients. If use is unavoidable, clonazepam (Klonopin) has a lower risk of abuse because of its long half-life.
	Benzodiazepines
Antipsychotics	Risperidone (Risperdal), 2 to 16 mg per day	These medications have not been studied extensively in recovering patients; because they are active in the central nervous system, they should be monitored closely.
	Olanzapine (Zyprexa), 5 to 20 mg per day
	Quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel), 50 to 800 mg per day
Anticonvulsants	Divalproex sodium (Depakote), 500 to 1,000 mg per day	Divalproex and carbamazepine should not be used in patients with liver disease.
	Gabapentin (Neurontin), 900 to 3,600 mg per day
	Carbamazepine (Tegretol), 1,000 to 1,600 mg per day