ANTIANXIETY DRUG

drug administered for the relief of anxiety. Although their action is not fully understood, most antianxiety medications appear to affect the action of neurotransmitters in the brain (see serotonin and norepinephrine). They may work by affecting the limbic system, that part of the brain associated with emotion.

Antianxiety drugs frequently prescribed in the United States include the benzodiazepines alprazolam (Xanax) and clonazepam (Clonopin), most often prescribed for panic attacks and general anxiety. Long-term use is discouraged because of side effects (impaired alertness, sedation, interactions with alcohol and other drugs), potential for addiction, and withdrawal symptoms. Beta-blockers, usually prescribed for hypertension, are sometimes used for people facing an anxiety-producing "crisis," such as performing on the stage or giving a speech. Buspirone (BuSpar), a drug chemically unrelated to the benzodiazepines or beta-blockers, is often preferred for cases of long-term anxiety because it has fewer side effects, less addictive potential, and no withdrawal symptoms.

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books on: Antianxiety Drug  - 153 results

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Using Women: Gender, Drug Policy, and Social Justice
Book by Nancy D. Campbell; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Narcotics, Control Of--United States, Sex Discrimination Against Women--United States, Social Justice--United States, Women--Drug Use--United States, Women--Government Policy--United States
...this coed and prescribed an antianxiety drug to relieve feelings of...and world conditions. The drug would channel the students...than larger issues. A licit antianxiety drug would enable women to respond...without resorting to illicit drugs. As the CASA would put it...
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Learning Limits: College Women, Drugs, and Relationships
Book by Kimberly M. Williams; Bergin & Garvey, 1998
Subjects: Interpersonal Relations--United States, Man-Woman Relationships--United States, Women College Students--Drug Use--United States
...such as Codeine, antianxiety agents, and other...hand the horrors of drug dependence and feared...use any illicit drugs, but she had painkillers...mentioned her fears of drug dependence. She...dependent on her antianxiety drug Clonopin...course. In the Core drug survey administered...separated out "designer drugs" such as MDMA Ecstasy...
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Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs
Book by Peter R. Breggin, David Cohen; Perseus Publishing, 2000
Subjects: Brain--Effect Of Drugs On--Popular Works, Psychotropic Drugs--Side Effects--Popular Works
...people to take psychiatric drugs. At the 1998 annual meeting...both an antidepressant and an antianxiety drug. 1 The results were presented...to side effects, including drug-induced "sleep problems...confirm the obvious limits of drug treatment; yet the survey...emphasis on marketing psychiatric drugs to children. 2 Consistent...
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Understanding Drugs of Abuse: The Processes of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery
Book by Mim J. Landry; American Psychiatric Press, 1994
Subjects: Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse--Treatment
...Tenormin . Beta-blockers beta-adrenergic blocking agents are drugs that slow heart rate and regulate abnormal cardiac rhythms...patch on the skin. Some physicians prescribe the nonsedating antianxiety drug buspirone BuSpar as an adjunct in acute benzodiazepine withdrawal...
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Medicating Modern America: Prescription Drugs in History
Book by Andrea Tone, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins; New York University Press, 2007
Subjects: Drugs--United States--History
...informed attitudes toward new drugs. The decade as a whole was...a host of new prescription drugs, including antibiotics and...In a society where ethical drugs enjoyed cultural currency and reports of drug-induced injuries were infrequent, the debut of an antianxiety pill induced much excitement...
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journal articles on: Antianxiety Drug  - 73 results

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Anxiolytics the Nonbenzodiazepines
Journal article by Alan D. Schmetzer; Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, Vol. 6, 2003
Subjects: Antianxiety agents--Evaluation, Anxiety, Anxiety--Care and treatment
...nausea and restlessness. Because of its short half-life, it should be given three times a day. It is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for only one type of anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, which is probably not the most common form...
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Psychotropic Drug Interactions with Grapefruit Juice
Journal article by Norman L. Keltner, Ifeoma Opara; Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, Vol. 38, 2002
Subjects: Drug interactions--Risk factors, Grapefruit juice--Health aspects, Psychotropic drugs--Adverse and side effects
...for a significant number of psychotropic drugs. This drug-metabolizing system was once referred...interactions that occur (Cozza Armstrong). Drug-drug interactions cause serious complications...significant interaction occurs between drugs and certain foods. For example, mixing...
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Complementary Herbal and Alternative Drugs in Clinical Practice
Journal article by Susan Mccabe; Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, Vol. 38, 2002
Subjects: Alternative medicine, Medicine, Botanic--Psychological aspects, Medicine, Herbal, Psychological manifestations of general diseases--Care and treatment, Psychotropic drugs--Research
...regarding other clinically significant drug-drug interactions with St. Johns wort. Concurrent...reduce the effectiveness of several other drugs through action on the livers P450 metabolic...common posttransplant, antirejection drug. Oral contraceptive agents, stantin anticholesterol drugs such as lovastatin (Mevacor), antineoplastic...blind study of clinical effectiveness. Drug Research, 108, 49-54. Mahadik...acids in the treatment of schizophrenia. Drugs Today, 33, 7-17. Marasco, C...
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Journal article by Robert Whitaker; Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 7, 2005
...antidepressants and antianxiety drugs. Psychiatry...of psychiatric drugs, an obvious question arises: Is our drug-based paradigm...that psychiatric drugs work by balancing...marketed its antianxiety drug Suavitil as a...suggested that the drugs were indeed curative...antidepressants, and antianxiety drugs, he wrote...
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Drug Induced Dementia: a Perfect Crime
Journal article by Delores M. Jankovich; Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 12, 2010
...physician considers prescription drugs (from past or present treatment...more than one psychiatric drug. The effects on the brain...help, note the following: "Drug-induced disruptions in brain...treatment of all psychiatric drugs." When tracking the course...mortality regardless of the drug class. Detailed descriptions...antipsychotics, anxiolytics (antianxiety drugs), mood stabilizers, and...
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Warning on Strattera for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 39, November 2005
Subjects: Antianxiety agents--Complications and side effects, Antianxiety agents--Investigations, Antianxiety agents--Product information, Eli Lilly and Co.--Discipline, Eli Lilly and Co.--Product information, Pharmaceutical industry--Discipline, Pharmaceutical industry--Product information, Strattera (Medication)--Complications and side effects, Strattera (Medication)--Investigations, Strattera (Medication)--Product information, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Investigations
...first few months of therapy or when the drug dose is increased or decreased. Caregivers...with each prescription or refill of the drug. Steven Galson, M.D., director of the FDAs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, describes the...
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New Directions in Treating Depression
Magazine article by W. Marvin Davis; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, November 16, 1998
Subjects: Antidepressants, Customer services, Drug therapy, Mental depression, Pharmacists, United States
...feeling confident that the drug is not impairing such abilities...central nervous system (CNS) drugs are possible; for example...small amount of unchanged drug, occurs mainly in urine...release capsule, with the antianxiety drug buspirone, 30 mg per...among patients taking older drugs with more side effects. Drug selection may therefore be...
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Consumers Counting Down to Generic Approvals in 2002
Magazine article; Drug Topics, November 2001
Subjects: Bills, FDA approval, Generic drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Trends, United States
...the Office of Generic Drugs in the FDAs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research...trying to make generic drugs available to the American...available only as branded drugs long after their scheduled...generic version of the antianxiety drug BuSpar, is a prime...
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Illegal Internet Pharmacies Pose Growing Threat
Magazine article by Reid Paul; Drug Topics, Vol. 151, August 20, 2007
Subjects: Crime, Electronic commerce, Prescription drugs, Spamming, United States
...an analysis of six brand-name drugs during July 2007, the study sorted...Google as well as the top three drugs at Drugs.com. They were two cholesterol...antidepressant, a sleep aid, and an antianxiety drug. The study found more than 100...
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Border Pharmacy
Magazine article by Michael F. Conlan; Drug Topics, Vol. 141, March 17, 1997
Subjects: Drug stores, Mexico, Prescription drugs, Prices, Problems, Trade policy, United States
...north. For most of the drug seekers, the lure is...dosage units of dangerous drugs enter Texas annually...includes virtually every drug entering Texas from Mexico...substancessedatives/hypnotics, antianxiety agents, stimulants...study for a brandname drug company that fears it...illegal prescription drugs coming across the border...
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Ledger Had 6 Prescription Drugs; Love Split: Heath Ledger
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 24, 2008
Subjects: Drugs, Drugs--Prescribing, Prescriptions (Drugs)
...included sleeping pills,antianxiety tablets and an anti-histamine...the flat bore no traces of drugs. The 28-year-old Australian...sources said three of thesix drugs were prescribed in Europe...came about because he had a drug problem. A close friend said...not lead him into drink or drugs. Australian model Sophie Wardthe...
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Your Drug May Be Your Problem
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 24, 1999
Your drug may be your problem The widespread...prescription of psychiatric drugs to adults and children has...as Prozac or Zoloft or an "antianxiety" drug such as Xanax or Klonopin...published about psychiatric drugs are written by dedicated drug advocates. There has been...
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Paramedic: Doc Told Me Jacko Not on Drugs; Jacko: Trial of the Century
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 1, 2011
Subjects: California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County), Murray, Conrad
...Doc Told Me Jacko Not on Drugs; Jacko: Trial of the Century...singer, 50, was not on any drugs. He told LA Superior Court...seconds later giving Jackson antianxiety drug, Lorazepam. Prosecutors believe...was given heart-starting drugs, yet was still flatlining...
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Paramedic: Doc Told Me Jacko Not on Drugs; Jacko: Trial of the Century
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 1, 2011
Subjects: Murray, Conrad
...Doc Told Me Jacko Not on Drugs; Jacko: Trial of the Century...singer, 50, was not on any drugs. He told LA Superior Court...seconds later giving Jackson antianxiety drug, Lorazepam. Prosecutors believe...was given heart-starting drugs, yet was still flatlining...
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PARAMEDIC: DoC tolD ME jACko Not on DRUGS; JACKO: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 1, 2011
Subjects: Murray, Conrad
...DoC tolD ME jACko Not on DRUGS; JACKO: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY...singer, 50, was not on any drugs. He told LA Superior Court...seconds later giving Jackson antianxiety drug, Lorazepam. Prosecutors believe...was given heart-starting drugs, yet was still flatlining...
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encyclopedia articles on: Antianxiety Drug  - 6 results

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Antianxiety Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTIANXIETY DRUG drug administered for the relief of anxiety...action is not fully understood, most antianxiety medications appear to affect the...brain associated with emotion. Antianxiety drugs frequently prescribed in the United...
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Drugs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...psychotherapeutics such as antianxiety drugs and antidepressant drugs...for poisons; and various drugs that act as stimulants or...psychopharmacology ; hallucinogenic drug ). See also drug resistance...poisoning ; drug addiction and drug abuse . Sources of Drugs Drugs are obtained from many...pharming ). Pharmacopoeia and Drug Safeguards Standards for drugs and tests for their identity...
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Benzodiazepine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pen , any of a class of drugs prescribed for their tranquilizing, antianxiety, sedative, and muscle...unwanted effects of street drugs, such as cocaine. Flunitrazepam...Restoril). See also antianxiety drug...
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Psychopharmacology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant, and...1950s. Antipsychotic Drugs Antipsychotic drugs can ameliorate the types...schizophrenia . The first drug of this type was reserpine...use of antipsychotic drugs. Because of side effects...dyskinesia, and sedation. Antianxiety Drugs Antianxiety drugs...
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Alcoholism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol...concentration of the drug in the stomach and small...like all addictive drugs, produces physical dependence...withdrawal symptoms, antianxiety drugs such as benzodiazepines...self-administration of drugs such as Antabuse , which...consumed. Naltrexone, a drug formerly used in heroin...
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