Anxiety and It’s Medications

Anti anxiety contains active ingredients that react in the body to create a calming feeling, minimizing the effects of anxiety and other similar mental disorders. Patients must have full awareness of the side effects of the anti anxiety medication by consulting medical practitioners before beginning consuming any dosage of the drug

Before the wide use of modern anti-anxiety drugs, anxiety used to be treated with anxiolytics which are anxiety agents, while these older drugs are still relevant today, there are only used in certain circumstances only and doctors still recommend modern anti anxiety drugs to patients for best results as it is more effective.

Benzodiazpines is one of the more popular anxiolytics today. Other varities of anxiolytics, Alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan) are also still in use. The active ingredient desmethyldiazepam which forms Valium (Diazepam) raises a lot of doubts as to its properties and side effects in the medical world. However, this use of this particular drug has not been eliminated and is still widely used to treat certain cases of anxiety.

Other anti anxiety drugs in the form of SSRIs or serotonin specific reuptake inhibitors are also available and are identified through their different brand names: Citalopram, Fluoxetine and Fluvoxamine. These drugs based on SSRIs are favored for its more subtle side effects and less tendency to cause the body to rely on the drug for long periods. The disadvantage of the drug is that it must be consumed for at least 5 weeks to experience significant improvement

Continued use of Benzodiazepines and Buspirones has recorded side effects and this is normal. People who experience mild side effects need not worry that the drug will have an adverse effect on them or be overly addicted in the long term. Benzodiazepines should be given to persons suffering from anxiety at least 30 to 60 minutes before he is exposed to any stressful situations. Buspirones has to be taken at least 2 to 3 weeks before any improvement is experienced.

Patients have to be instilled awareness on the importance of seeking medical attention to determine the types of medication that are suitable to cure their anxiety disorder. This is because every individual may have distinct medical conditions and background or certain allergic that has to be taken onto consideration when prescribing drugs. It is also important that expectant or breastfeeding mothers and women that are trying to conceive make known of their intention to doctors. Only through proper consultation with a certified medical practitioner can we be assured suitable and safe medication and recover in the quickest possible.

Rene Lacapeis a professional health worker who has been handling stress management for young and old alike. There are different ways to handle people and he knows how the system works very well. Call on him now so that you may be helped soon.