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SGA World
SGA may refer to: Medicine and healthcare * Second-generation antipsychotics * Segesterone acetate, a progestin medication * Small for gestational age, babies whose birth weight lies below the 10th percentile for that gestational age * Supraglottic airway, an airway management device Companies and organizations Aviation * SGA, IATA code for Sheghnan Airport in Afghanistan * SGA Airlines (Siam General Aviation), a regional airline in Thailand * Swanson Group Aviation, a heavy lift helicopter operator of Glendale, Oregon, U.S. Politics * Black-Yellow Alliance, ''Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz'' (Black-Yellow Alliance), an Austrian political party * Southern Governors' Association, formed in the United States in 1934 and dissolved in 2016 Other * Society of Graphic Art, a British arts organization founded in 1919 * Songwriters Guild of America, an organization to help "advance, promote, and benefit" the profession of songwriters * Strong Group Athletics, a basketball and volleyball tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second-generation Antipsychotics
The atypical antipsychotics (AAP), also known as second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and serotonin–dopamine antagonists (SDAs), are a group of antipsychotic drugs (antipsychotic drugs in general are also known as tranquilizers and neuroleptics, although the latter is usually reserved for the ''typical antipsychotics'') largely introduced after the 1970s and used to treat psychiatric conditions. Some atypical antipsychotics have received regulatory approval (e.g. by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA of the United States of America, US, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, TGA of Australia, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA of the United Kingdom, UK) for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, irritability in autism, and as an adjuvant therapy, adjunct in major depressive disorder. Both generations of medication tend to block receptors in the brain's dopamine pathways. Atypicals are less likely than haloperidol—the most widely used typical ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |