Clonazepam And Anxiety
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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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Medication for Social Anxiety Disorder
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...(two or more seizures that occur over minutes to hours separated by periods of consciousness) are anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines. They include diazepam (Valium, Diastat) or lorazepam... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Treatment
...combination with each other. Additional drugs, such as conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, or experimental drugs are used as necessary.Electroconvulsive Therapy.... Read more »Epilepsy: Medications
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...such as clonazepam (Klonopin), are commonly called sedative hypnotics and are used for insomnia and anxiety. They may be helpful for some patients with RLS that disrupts sleep. Clonazepam may be... Read more »Images
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