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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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Anxiety Medications: Ativan

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...spasms and anxiety. Other benxodiazepines include Xanax, Valium, Librium and Klonopin. These... Read more »

Mental Health and MS: Anxiety Disorders

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...(Klonopin®), diazepam (Valium®), or alprazolam (Xanax®). However, 52% of patients with a... Read more »

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Stress Part 8: Working With Anxiety

...for heading off anxiety. These include old standbys such as Valium and more recent entries such as Xanax and Ativan. Because of their potential for abuse and addiction, they are generally... Read more »

Premenstrual Syndrome: Treatment

...are sometimes given anti-anxiety drugs. The standard drugs are benzodiazepines, usually alprazolam (Xanax), but they can become addictive and subject to abuse. Newer antianxiety drugs, notably... Read more »

Drug abuse and dependence

...dependence (addiction) is compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug abuse is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it... Read more »

Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcohol Withdrawal

...pose less risk for abuse than the shorter-acting drugs, which include diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), and lorazepam (Ativan).Assessing symptoms frequently and administering benzodiazepine... Read more »

Headaches: Tension: Medications

...contraction or to treat anxiety symptoms during periods of extreme stress. They include alprazolam (Xanax) and clonazepam (Klonopin). They tend to be highly addictive, however, and should... Read more »

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