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Until recently, the anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines were the primary medications for anxiety. Increasingly, antidepressants, particularly the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), are being used as the initial treatment. They are proving to be effective, nonaddictive, and to have relatively minor side effects.
Many standard antidepressants take 2 - 4 weeks, and sometimes up to 12 weeks, before they are fully effective. People who take them may also experience a t...
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Expert & Community Posts
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Nicotine withdrawal
...symptoms. These agents include clonidine, antidepressants such as fluoxetine (Prozac), and buspirone (Buspar). Bupropion (Zyban) was approved in 1996 by the Food and Drug Administration as a... Read more »Premenstrual Syndrome: Medications
...Benzodiazepines are potentially dangerous when used in combination with alcohol.Buspirone. Buspirone (BuSpar) is a unique anti-anxiety drug known as an azapirone. A 2001 study reported that it... Read more »Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...medications, psychostimulants (such as Ritalin), and decongestants.AzapironesAzapirones, including buspirone (BuSpar) and gepirone (Ariza, Variza), act on serotonin receptors called 5-HT(1A).... Read more »Rett syndrome
...them is not well understood. Studies are underway to evaluate various treatments, such as buspirone (Buspar), naltrexone, or magnesium citrate. Most experts in Rett syndrome recommend that... Read more »Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
...depression lasts beyond the withdrawal period, professional help should be sought as soon as possible.Weight GainQuitting smoking does increase the risk for weight gain. But, kicking the habit of... Read more »
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