Sample Directory
The phrases the Sample Directory uses for mental health and sleep medicines, such as sertraline “to promote positive mood” and zopiclone “to promote sleep”. There are 51 entries here; the full directory lists every medicine.
The directory is an example, not a working directory. It is the 02/02/06 version, so some entries may have dated: check each phrase before you use it. Practices and medicines teams may reuse it, for example in their own formulary, as long as they credit Dr Nigel Masters and this website.
Entries are grouped by the words of their indication, so a medicine with several uses can appear on more than one page.
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| Drugs | Indication |
| Amisulpride | to prevent mental symptoms |
| Amitriptyline | to promote sleep |
| Atenolol | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Citalopram | to prevent low mood/to improve mood |
| Citalopram | to maintain cheerful mood |
| Citalopram | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Citalopram | to prevent depressive episodes |
| Citalopram | to prevent depressive symptoms |
| Citalopram | to promote positive mood |
| Citalopram | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Clonazepam | to reduce anxiety |
| Diazepam | to promote sleep |
| Diazepam | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Dosulepin (dothiepin) | to promote positive mood |
| Dosulepin (dothiepin) | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Dosulepin (dothiepin) | to help mood |
| Doxepin | to reduce anxiety and skin irritation |
| Fluoxetine | to promote positive mood |
| Fluoxetine | take one daily for OCD long term |
| Fluoxetine | to prevent depressive episodes |
| Flurazepam | to promote sleep |
| Lithium carbonate MR | to stabilise mood |
| Lofepramine | to treat depression |
| Lorazepam | for occasional use for anxiety |
| Lorazepam | to promote sleep |
| Mianserin | for low mood |
| Modafinil | to prevent daytime sleepiness |
| Nitrazepam | to promote deep sleep |
| Nitrazepam | to promote sleep for occasional use |
| Olanzapine | for mood stabilisation |
| Olanzapine | to promote a sense of calm |
| Olanzapine | to enhance antidepressant effect |
| Paroxetine | to reduce anxiety symptoms |
| Paroxetine | to prevent depression |
| Paroxetine | to promote positive mood |
| Paroxetine | to promote a sense of calm |
| Paroxetine | to prevent depressive relapse |
| Paroxetine | to prevent depressive episodes |
| Risperidone | to reduce agitation |
| Risperidone | to reduce mental symptoms |
| Sertraline | to prevent low mood |
| Sertraline | to promote positive mood |
| Sertraline | to promote a sense of calm |
| Sodium valproate ec | for mood stabilisation |
| Sulpiride | to prevent mental symptoms |
| Temazepam | to promote sleep |
| Trazodone | to prevent depressive illness |
| Triptafen | to promote positive mood |
| Venlafaxine | to prevent depression |
| Zopiclone | to promote sleep |
| Zopiclone | to promote sleep use infrequently |
No. The directory is a sample, compiled from the repeat prescriptions of one surgery, Highfield Surgery, in 2006. It is an example, not a working directory, so check each phrase before you use it.
Yes. Practices and medicines teams may reuse the directory, for example in their own formulary, as long as they credit Dr Nigel Masters and this website. The prescriber remains responsible for the wording.
The phrase “patient preference no indication” is used instead (sensitive conditions).
See the phrases for every medicine in the directory.
The full Sample Directory lists all 568 entries, with a download for your own formulary.
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